The clone of the tree that carried the apple that fell on Isaac Newton’s head in the Cambridge botanical garden fell during Hurricane Eunice, which hit England. Garden curator Dr. Samuel Brockington tweeted that the tree had stood at the entrance to the gardens for 68 years and was cloned from a tree in Newton’s childhood home at Woolsthorpe Estate in Lincolnshire.
Ironically, that tree was toppled by strong winds back in the 19th century, according to Brockington. But a young shoot from the tree was grafted for research, resulting in today’s Newton Apple Trees.
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