“Writing to you is akin to writing a single letter to all the humans.” Humans have been tinkering with crossbreeds of apples for thousands of years. Gidon Coll, the owner of Hudson Valley Apple Project, shares some of the types he grows and why so few varieties of apples are available for sale at the store or from your local apple farmer. Luckily for Jessamine, she gets to sample some of the rare breeds Gidon grows on his farm. Then she has a conversation with William Mullan, a New York-based artist who elevated apples to his photographic muse. Topics covered in this episode: Min 1:55: Jessamine’s letter to apples Min 1:55: Intro and apple description Min 3:30: Meet William Mullan Min 4:00: Odd Apples portrait description & origin Min 6:00: Heterozygous attribute of apples Min 8:00: Apple trees adaptability to environment Min 9:30: Exploring diversity of apples Min 11:00: Meet Gidon Coll Min 12:45: How to graft Min 13:00: USDA Orchards in Geneva, New York and why apples are heterozygous Min 15:00: Apples and the founding fathers Min 16:00: The Golden Age of Pomology Min 17:30: The decline of apple varieties  Min 19:00: Apple tasting and the wide range of apple flavors  Learn more about this episode of Fruit Love Letters at www.whetstoneradio.com, on IG and Twitter at @whetstoneradio, and YouTube at /WhetstoneRadio. Guests: William Mullan (@pomme_queen), Gidon Coll (@hudsonvalleyappleproject)