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Apple harvest on the orchard in the middle of the Ruhr area: Volunteers from the city come together here every year and harvest the apples from the Dortmund orchard. The aim of the campaign is to produce regional apple juice from the harvested apples. From our broadcast on October 8th, 2019 Orchards are valuable - special old apple varieties, such as the Red Iron Apple, often grow on an orchard. These old varieties of orchards sometimes have a taste that takes some getting used to, but are sometimes very well tolerated, especially by allergy sufferers. This is due to the polyphenols they contain, which can compensate for the allergens in the apple from the orchard. In an orchard like this, you can see what some apple varieties originally looked like. The fruits on the orchard usually do not need to be sprayed, but are also less productive than commercial plane trees, which is why an orchard is unfortunately not usually suitable for large-scale cultivation. The apples from the orchard are primarily used for apple juice and pectin. We visited an orchard in Dortmund and spoke to Jochen Helle, who looks after the orchard, and some volunteer harvest helpers. His orchard is popular, and some particularly rare apple varieties can be found there. In this article, you'll find out why an orchard is so worth protecting and why particularly old apple varieties can be found there. Author: Pina Dietsche --- Thanks for watching! Did you like the video? Then subscribe now to the only official Quarks channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/Quarks?sub_co... Quarks on Facebook: / quarks.de Also visit: https://www.quarks.de #Quarks on Instagram: / quarks.de / beautyquarks Here you can find the clip in the WDR media library: https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/video/s... #Apple #Orchard