Ian Sturrock is a rescuer and restorer of
orchard
An orchard is an intentional plantation of trees or shrubs that is maintained for food production. Orchards comprise fruit- or nut-producing trees which are generally grown for commercial production. Orchards are also sometimes a feature of ...
s and
apple trees, saving apple varieties from extinction. He discovered the last remaining
Bardsey apple,
and rescued the
Diamond apple
Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon at room temperature and pressure, bu ...
,
[ as well as many other ]Welsh apples ''The Cambrian Journal'' (Vol. 111, 1858) contains a list of names for about 200 Welsh apples, the majority of which were from the Monmouth area.
In 1999 a single apple tree was identified by Ian Sturrock on Bardsey Island (located at the end of t ...
.
He was a finalist for a 2016 St David Award.
References
External links
the Bardsey apple (afal enlli)
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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