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Jo May 7, 2025

The Ancestral Apple Tree is in Ryongjon-ri, Pukchong County of North Hamgyong Province, a place famous for apples.

In October, 1959, President Kim Il Sung visited Ryongjon-ri and instructed that the tree be taken good care of for a good harvest of apples for over 100 years, noting that it deserves to be regarded as the ancestor of apple trees in our country as well as in Ryongjon-ri.

In June, 2002, Chairman Kim Jong Il visited Ryongjon-ri and appreciated the fact that the tree was in good preservation and care to convey the leadership exploits of the President to posterity.

This long-lived apple tree over the age of 100 is still growing healthily.

Its root collar is 1.2 meters round and the canopy is as wide as 6 meters. It blossoms in May with long and deep green leaves.

This oldest tree in our country is a precious natural monument of significance for judging the maximum age of apples and studying the characteristics of their varieties.