'Apple Detective' to Visit Waitsburg this Fall
Requests local knowledge of old apple trees
July 6, 2017
WAITSBURG – Former F.B.I investigator turned apple detective, David Benscoter, will be in Waitsburg this fall, and he needs your help. Kate Hockersmith invited the celebrated heirloom apple expert to visit the Waitsburg and Walla Walla area and is putting together a list of site visits in advance.
"We're looking for people who own old apple trees and think they might have something special," Hockersmith.
Benscoter, whose accomplishments were even recognized in the New York Times in May, uses his former detective skills to find lost apple varieties.
Earlier this year, the sixty-two year...
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