My Neighbors Destroyed My Grandparents’ 50-Year-Old Apple Tree — They Never Expected the Price They’d Pay

told me as he packed up his equipment. “Northern Spy apples are becoming quite rare in modern cultivation. A mature, healthy tree like this, with documented provenance and family significance, would be extremely valuable to replace—assuming you could even find suitable replacement stock.”

“How valuable?”

He consulted his notes. “For insurance and legal continue reading …