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Branches said to come from the original apple tree that legend says inspired Isaac Newton (1642鈥1726) to discover the law of gravity have been successfully grafted onto an apple tree in Chenshan Botanic Garden.
A Shanghai Science and Technology Association delegation visited the United Kingdom in March and brought back five branches from the apple tree in Newton鈥檚 garden at Woolsthorpe Manor. The chief arborist of Shanghai did the grafting himself.
In fact, various trees are claimed to be 鈥渢he鈥 apple tree that led to Newton鈥檚 brainstorm. The staff at the British National Trust-administered Woolsthorpe Manor claims theirs is the true descendant of the tree that dropped a fruit on the head of Newton, an English mathematician and physicist. Other versions dismiss the popular tale, insisting that Newton simply observed an apple falling from a tree.
Yang Fujia, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, lauded the grafting at Chenshan Botanic Garden as an important symbol of the innovative, exploratory spirit of Shanghai scientists.
Apple trees thrive in temperate zones with cool weather. Chenshan Botanic Garden organized a special team to make sure the grated tree will survive in Shanghai鈥檚 environment.
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