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Amuse bouche: How did apples come to America?

Historians hypothesize that the apple originated from Asia Minor, and is a result of the crossbreeding of an Asiatic crab apple and a European crab apple.

Source: Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, p.45

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Amuse bouche: How did apples come to America?

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