A fruit vaccine day is organized in several parts of the country on the day of Hungarian fruit landscapes

(Photo: Pixabay)

The tradition of fruit vaccination carries generations of knowledge that is worth preserving and passing on. This is what the Hungarian Society of Environment and Rural Development and the Institute of Climate Policy call attention to the tree that matches the Hungarian Fruit Landscape Day, not others! Campaign called – announced. At the initiative of the Hungarian Society of Environment and Rural Development and the MCC Institute of Climate Policy, the Ministry of Agriculture launched the Hungarian Fruit Landscape Day in 2024. It will be held on March 25th, the Blessed Virgin, with the aim of drawing attention to the importance of cultivating domestic native fruit varieties.

This year, on the occasion of a remark

March 21 at the Western Gate Visitor and Education Center in Felsőtárkány, March 22 at the Tiszakürt, the Arboretum in Tiszakürt and the Kecskemét Nature House Visitor Center, on March 25 in Budapest, at the MCC Climate Policy Institute, on March 29th at the Demki Csapókert. Szatymazon, at the Kurgan Protection Protection Place and Bugac in the Puszta Gate Information Center. At the events, participants can personally try the wood vaccination method after a lecture. Everyone can take the vaccines home and continue to raise them in their own garden, they wrote.

According to the briefing Old Hungarian fruit varieties have been grown in Hungary for centuries and have adapted well to the microclimate of each landscape, so they are much more resistant to extreme weather and various diseases

The preservation of Hungarian varieties naturally contributes to sustainable agriculture and the improvement of food safety, they point out. Currently, about 80 state -recognized fruits are considered to be in Hungary. Some old varieties are widespread, others have been completely excluded from cultivation, and the state and volunteers will take part in their preservation, according to the release.

MTI