Uncovering the History of Heirloom Apples: The Ancient Fruits of our Ancestors
Out of all the temperate fruits, apple is the most ubiquitous. It was known to the Greeks and Romans, and was mentioned by Theophrastus in the third century B.C. (Janick & Moore, 1996) It has been cultivated in Europe and Asia from antiquity and since then it has been distributed into almost all parts … Read more