# The Old Apple Tree has died, aged 194 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-apple-tree-has-died-aged-194/918420 "2020-08-18T15:55:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-apple-tree-has-died-aged-194/918420/1 "2020-08-18T15:55:46Z")
> _Death Notice: OLD APPLE TREE, 1826-2020._ > > _The Old Apple Tree passed away this summer in Vancouver, Washington, at the age of 194. The city identified the causes of death as a spiral crack, decay and old age. Mx. Tree immigrated to the Hudson Bay Company’s Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River as a seed in 1826. She was the only long-term survivor of the first apple trees planted in the Pacific Northwest. As such, the tree is considered the matriarch of the Northwest apple industry. She is survived by many, many descendants – too numerous to list here._ > **[Matriarch of Northwest apple industry passes away at age 194. Not a misprint.](https://www.kuow.org/stories/matriarch-of-northwest-apple-industry-passes-away-at-age-194-not-a-misprint?fbclid=IwAR0rnpxo4Jhecw-q1zrL9JrlCFMXi1XSf2148rHYomWa6RC-HGb3nxoGrIY)** > > It's not often that you'll read an obituary for a tree. Or that a dead tree gets a memorial service of sorts. But then there aren't many like Vancouver, Washington's "Old Apple Tree." ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-apple-tree-has-died-aged-194/918420/2 "2020-08-18T16:15:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > _Death Notice: OLD APPLE TREE, 1826-2020._ > > _The Old Apple Tree passed away this summer in Vancouver, Washington, at the age of 194._ Pie requested in lieu of flowers. 🍎 🥧 ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-apple-tree-has-died-aged-194/918420/3 "2020-08-18T17:44:04Z")
Stop eating the children!!! 😉 194 is old age for an apple tree? How long do apple trees live in general? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-apple-tree-has-died-aged-194/918420/4 "2020-08-18T18:14:26Z")
One source says 35 years. Another says 50 to 80 years. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-apple-tree-has-died-aged-194/918420/5 "2020-08-18T18:22:36Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > 194 is old age for an apple tree? How long do apple trees live in general? > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > One source says 35 years. Another says 50 to 80 years. Have we seen it’s long form planting certificate? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-apple-tree-has-died-aged-194/918420/6 "2020-08-19T01:47:58Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > One source says 35 years. Another says 50 to 80 years. Dang. I thought trees lived longer than people. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-apple-tree-has-died-aged-194/918420/7 "2020-08-19T03:29:17Z")
> **[Vancouver’s historic Old Apple Tree will live on](https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/vancouvers-historic-old-apple-tree-will-live-on/)** > > Since 2009, the city of Vancouver’s Old Apple Tree Research Team has assisted in managing the Old Apple Tree Same root system, just a new stem. Vancouver’s historic Old Apple Tree will live on. Follow ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-apple-tree-has-died-aged-194/918420/8 "2020-08-19T03:36:16Z")
I heard she had it coming. Dropped an apple on an ant’s head and crushed it. It’s not too late to burn her, you know? Dead wood’s the best wood for the campfire, as the Boy Scouts say. ---
**Author:** ![superwombat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superwombat/32/16616_2.png) [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-apple-tree-has-died-aged-194/918420/9 "2020-08-19T03:40:02Z")
Some of her offspring should be nearby, as they don’t fall too far from the tree. Condolences to Johnny Appleseed, Apple Jack, and family. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-apple-tree-has-died-aged-194/918420/10 "2020-08-19T03:41:57Z")
What about _Applebee’s_? I mean, are their fries any good? ---
**Author:** ![superwombat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superwombat/32/16616_2.png) [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-apple-tree-has-died-aged-194/918420/11 "2020-08-19T03:46:40Z")
Their core menu is good ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-apple-tree-has-died-aged-194/918420/12 "2020-08-19T14:30:13Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > > One source says 35 years. Another says 50 to 80 years. > > Dang. I thought trees lived longer than people. The Endicott pear tree is fairly ancient. > **[One of the First US Fruit Trees Planted by European Settlers Is Still Alive...](https://www.treehugger.com/first-fruit-tree-planted-america-still-alive-and-well-age-4856630)** > > America's oldest living fruit tree was planted by Pilgrims in 1630. It’s still a youngster though compared to Methuselah, the oldest living bristlecone pine. > **[Methuselah (tree)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah_(tree))** > > Methuselah is a 4,855-year-old Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) tree growing high in the White Mountains of Inyo County in eastern California. It is recognized as the non-clonal tree with the greatest confirmed age in the world. The tree's name refers to the biblical patriarch Methuselah, who is said to have reached 969 years of age before his death, thus becoming synonymous with longevity or old age in many European languages including English. > Methuselah is located between 2,900 a... ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-apple-tree-has-died-aged-194/918420/13 "2020-08-19T14:33:12Z")
> [@superwombat](#): > > Their core menu is good - I seed what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-apple-tree-has-died-aged-194/918420/14 "2020-08-19T20:58:05Z")
So I am now free to sit there with anyone I choose?