Fameuse / Snow Apple - This aromatic, crisp apple was the "famous apple". Originally from Quebec, it was planted in the early 1600's. One hundred years later, it was grown extensively through Northern New England, perhaps largely due to its resilience to cold weather as well as against disease.

Snow apples are an integral part of historical folklore throughout Canada and the Northeastern United States. In the 1730s, Snow apple trees were planted around a settlement near Lake Champlain, Quebec, but after the French-Indian war, which ended in 1763, all that remained in the Lake Champlain area were stone chimneys and apple trees. This area became known as Chimney Point, and Snow apples also earned the new name of Chimney apples after their ability to withstand the destruction. In Vermont, Snow apples were a favorite variety of American poet Robert Frost, who frequently wrote about the apple orchard outside of his home. It was rumored that Frost planted the Snow apple trees in the orchard himself, placing them closest to his house, and today there is a ninety-year-old Snow apple tree that is still growing on Frost's property in Vermont.

This Rare stencil will be shipped in a plastic sleeve, taped to a stiff piece of corrugated cardboard and inserted into a bubble wrap envelope. The USPS charges $5.45  A tracking number will be provided.

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