The Newtown Historical Society will be presenting a free lecture and slideshow about the historic Newtown Pippin apple at FPCN on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 12:30 PM. 

The venue was the site of a planting in 2002 which brought the apple back to its area of origin for the first time since the early 19th century. The presentation will explain the history of the apple in Queens and the new replanting project that has been underway for the past year.

Speakers will include Bob Singleton, Vice President of the Greater Astoria Historical Society, Erik Baard, Co-founder of the Newtown Pippin Project, and Marjorie Melikian, Historian for the First Presbyterian Church of Newtown. The 2009 City Council resolution calling for recognition of the Newtown Pippin as the official apple of the City of New York will also be discussed and samples of the apples will be available for tasting.

For more information, please call the Newtown Historical Society at 718-366-3715 or e-mail newtownhistory@gmail.com.

Contact:
Christina Wilkinson, President of the Newtown Historical Society, (718) 366-3715
Erik Baard, Co-founder, Newtown Pippin Project, (917) 697-9221