Meet Tom Brown, a retired chemical engineer from North Carolina turned \u201cApple Hunter,\u201d who has saved over 1,200 lost apple varieties from extinction. A Real Life Quest to Save History \u2022 The Wake Up Call: In the late 1990s, Tom discovered that of the 14,000 apple varieties once grown in America, only a few hundred remained in commercial use. Thousands of unique flavours and stories were vanishing. \u2022 The Hunt Begins: With his wife Merrikay, Tom turned retirement into a detective mission, driving more than 400,000 miles across seven states, following old rumours of forgotten trees in mountain orchards. \u2022 Rediscovering Legends: From Candy Stripe to the Junaluska apple (which took him 16 years to find), his orchard, Heritage Apples, now preserves over 700 rare types. \u2022 Engineer\u2019s Precision: Using his analytical mind, Tom carefully tracks, grafts, and documents each rediscovered variety, reviving the lost flavours of America\u2019s past. Tom Brown is not just saving apples, he is saving history, one tree at a time. #HeritageApples #AppleHunter #SavingHistory #LostFlavours