*ENVY*
On my list of Things to Do with Entirely Too Much Money is a collection of apple trees. One apple tree of every type I could get my hands on. I'd need two locations, though -- applies divide into northern and southern varieties -- and I'm dubious that Illinois would currently be ideal for either given its shifting zones.
January 20 2021, 14:09:26 UTC 5 months ago
https://elizapples.com/tag/north-american-fruit-explorers/
And here's a fruit-growing group that's nearby:
http://www.midfex.org/
you really want to see this man's backyard apple orchard:
http://www.midfex.org/App_Pages/Yale/intro.aspx
:^)