Foods at the Fundy Valley creating living apple museum

Foods at the Fundy Valley are working towards creating a living museum devoted to apples.

They're doing so by collecting stories and DNA samples of apples.

"The story that goes with the apples, the historical story, is really important as well. It's part of our heritage," said Lisa Brown, a farmer with Fundy Valley.

The museum market in Hopewell Cape will be accepting apples and their stories on Saturday. Guests can have their apples identified and maybe learn a thing or two about them.

"At one time this was a huge apple production area," said Brown. "We will have a record of apples in the area, but we will have the history of the area as well."

The DNA samples of the apples will be collected by a local teacher who will be identifying them with his class.

"At one time apples were the source of nutrition in the winter … as things change you never know if you'll need those genetics again. I think they might have great value in the future," said Brown.

The living museum project is a work in progress for Fundy Valley but will be made up of two parts, a building and an orchard.

The building will tell the historical side of the trees and their fruit. The orchard will be a living documentation of both.

"Our side is try and have as many of the different trees growing that we can ... a living apple museum."