There’s a very special apple tree garden in Ukraine. There is only one tree in the garden. However, the 220-year-old tree is so large that it covers about 10 acres(英亩). It is known as the “apple tree colony(殖民地)”.
At first, the tree is a common tree, with no difference from other trees. But as it grew older, its big branches(树枝) began to touch the ground. Then they rooted(生根) as well and became trunks(树干). There are lots of trunks now.
In spring, you can see pink flowers on half of those trunks. Flowers on the other half of the trunks will be seen next year. Apples from the tree—known as Lozovka —are not too big or too small but sweet.
There are different stories about this enormous tree. One story goes like this: There was once a prince. He liked the apple tree very much and often played under it. When he died, the tree was so sad for him that its branches bent to the ground. And finally it grew into the apple tree colony. It is said that the prince was buried under this tree in 1848. His gravestone(墓碑) is still can be found there today.
In 1998, the tree went under protection of the country.
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