John Bunker is the founder of Fedco Seeds and the founder and steward of MOFGA’s Maine Heritage Apple Orchard. Known as ‘the apple whisperer’, John has spent decades locating, identifyng, cataloging and preserving heritage apple varieties here in Maine.

His latest book, Apples and the Art of Detection: Tracking Down, Identifying, and Preserving Rare Apples, is both history and how-to manual for anyone who has had even just a passing curiosity about the old apple tree in the back field.

John will speak at Witherle Memorial Library on Friday, Oct 1 at 4:30 p.m. Books are available at Compass Rose Books, and will be available at the book talk as well.