[Talk-GB] Apple trees around Cambridge

Dan S danstowell+osm at gmail.com
Sun Dec 7 21:50:33 UTC 2014


Jerry,

Yes, I bet it is difficult! If it's any consolation, apparently
they're planting the trees in alphabetical order of the variety name,
so mapping the trees will be like solving one big word-puzzle...

Dan


2014-12-07 21:41 GMT+00:00 SK53 <sk53.osm at gmail.com>:
> Hi Dan,
>
> I've had enough trouble with cherry trees on the north side of Cambridge:
> you really need flowers, leaves & fruit to be able to do them properly! Some
> are flowering cherries (loosely Prunus serratula, others are passable eaters
> or jam makers, so presumably cultivars of Prunus avium); and plenty are on a
> Prunus avium rootstock even if other kinds of cherry.
>
> Jerry
>
> On 7 December 2014 at 20:09, Dan S <danstowell+osm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I heard of something that will be fun for someone who likes mapping trees!
>>
>> There's a project in Cambridge that is planting many apple trees, one
>> of each variety, in a pattern centred around the south of Cambridge.
>> It's said to be an art project called "Cambridge Community
>> Collection":
>> http://www.cambridgecommunitycollection.co.uk/
>>
>> So, some lucky people near Cambridge have an opportunity to deploy
>> their advanced tree tagging skills :)
>>
>> Best
>> Dan
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Talk-GB mailing list
>> Talk-GB at openstreetmap.org
>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
>
>



More information about the Talk-GB mailing list