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Fruit trees springing up in Vienna

The city of Vienna will see the arrival of fruit trees around the capital in 2012. With the support of wine growers, farmers and landholders the new plants will be sponsored and cultivated in specific districts of the city in autumn.

Together with the help of the Wienerwald Biosphere Park, the city will take on two thirds of the cost of seeds, environment councillor, Ulli Sima explained. Therefore, only the remaining third is to be paid by the resident and there is not a limit to the number of trees that can be bought and planted. The districts involved in the project are those on the so called buffer zone between the city and the Biosphere Park including the districts of Liesing, Hietzing, Penzing, Ottakring, Hernals and Döbling.

The price of a tree is between 5.10 and 16.70 Euros. In the extensive order list are such species as the Countess from Paris (pears), the Mottled Cardinal (apples) and the morello cherry. The trees are expected to be distributed at the end of October in Mödling. Customers will be informed of the exact collection date and location but must order before 9 March 2012 if they wish to be involved.

"A standard fruit tree yields a rich harvest for decades and not only provides welcome shade or place for a hammock, but provides a home for insects and rare species," explained Sima. An old fruit tree can accommodate up to 1,000 animal species from caterpillars and beetles to birds and bats.

For more information or to order a tree visit: http://www.bpww.at/regionales/weinbaulandschaft/obstbaeume/

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