Newton's apple tree blossomed in Shanghai

spring,
newton apple tree at the Chenshan Plant Science Research Center (Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden) in Shanghai is blooming again.
apple branches at the isolated test site quietly opened a cluster of pink flowers.
has blossomed many times in recent years.
day in the summer of 1665, an apple fell from a branch at Wollsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, England. Within seconds of seeing the apple fall, a scientific inspiration flashed through Newton's mind, and the famous "gravity of all" was born.
"Newton Apple Tree" is a British national heritage, under the management of the British National Trust. The scientists, represented by
academician Yang Fujia, launched an initiative, and the Shanghai Science and Technology Association contacted the National Trust to express its desire to introduce the Newton apple tree, and received a reply from Shanghai agreeing to prune the graft.
approved by the State Forestry Administration's Quarantine Approval Form for the Introduction of Forest Seeds, Seedlings and Other Breeding Materials, in March 2015, five branches of the Newton Apple Tree, introduced from the United Kingdom, were successfully grafted under the operation of Shanghai's Chief Gardener. Grafted into a living 6 Newton apple trees under the supervision of shanghai forestry pest control and quarantine station, in Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden National Isolation Test Base centralized isolation breeding test species. Because apple trees like temperat cool climate, in Shanghai belongs to the subtropical climate will be "water and soil do not accept", in order to ensure the healthy growth of Newton apple trees, Chenshan Botanical Garden plant breeding room has strict access conditions: the need to wear a white coat, with a blue head, and then put on a special shoe cover; With the unremitting efforts of the team of scientific research experts in Chenshan Botanical Garden in Shanghai, the live rate of apple tree grafting has reached more than 95%.
newton apple tree will be a scientific hall to become a scientific shrine in Shanghai to fill a rich and colorful. However, looking at trees depends more on people. As Yang Fujia said, "It is people, not trees, that make science attractive to young students". It is important to show Newton's apple tree to people, but more importantly, Newton's people and their scientific spirit are fully displayed to the public. Chenshan Botanical Garden upholds the mission of "studying plants and spreading to the masses", Newton apple tree is not only a beautiful scenery on the landscape of the botanical garden, but also let the general public visitors, especially let the children understand and explore the mysteries of science, the transmission of scientific spirit of a bridge, has extremely far-reaching educational significance and popular science value.