According to legend, when a British physicist Newton read a book under an apple tree, he was hit by a dropped apple and was inspired by the discovery of all gravity.Today, the “Newton Apple Tree” from this British national cultural relics and Shanghai gardener grafted into the Shanghai Science Hall.It has a height of 160 cm and a diameter of the crown is 130 cm. It will grow on the Grand Lawn of the Science Hall, becoming a symbol of Sino -British scientific exchanges and cooperation.
“Newton Apple Tree” settled in the Shanghai Science Hall.
In 2015, under the initiative of Yang Fujia, chairman of the Fifth Committee of the Shanghai Science and Technology Association and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, under the promotion of the Cultural Consul of the British Consulate General in Shanghai, the current British Consul General Bao Maizheng, Shanghai ScienceThe “Newton Apple Tree” grafting agreement was signed with the British Trust Foundation.According to legend, the apple tree that hit Newton was in the Woolspu Manor of Lincoln County and was a national national cultural relic.In March 2015, five “Newton Apple Trees” introduced from the United Kingdom arrived in Shanghai. Under the supervision of the Shanghai Forestry Terminal, the gardromers of the Shanghai Tanshan Botanical Garden performed grafting operations in the segregate greenhouse.Since then, the five “Newton apple trees” who have been grafted and survived have grown in the greenhouse.
In the fall of 2022, the “Newton’s apple tree” moved to the outdoor species and cultivated. Nowadays, it has been leafy, and it has been made since last year.One of the highest plants was 160 cm, and today he was in the Shanghai Science Subtraction.According to Hu Yonghong, the executive director of Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, it is the only “Newton apple tree” currently in China with two certificates in China, one is the “origin certificate” issued by the British Trust Foundation, and the other is the national forestry and theThe “ID card” issued by the Grassland Bureau.
“Newton Apple Tree” settled in the Shanghai Science Hall.
At the ceremony, Zhang Jie, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the chairman of the Shanghai Science and Technology Association, extended a warm welcome to the settlement of the “Newton Apple Tree”. It is hoped that the scientific spirit of this tree to inspire more and more young talentsScientific fruits.The British Consul General Bao Maozhang congratulated the “Newton Apple Tree” to settle in the Shanghai Sciences Hall in Shanghai. It is expected that the exchanges and cooperation between China and Britain in the field of science and technology will be closer in the future.