History of the apple: The apple we eat today is a descendant of the species Malus sieversii consumed by man since the Neolithic period on the Central Asian plateaus, in the region of the Tian Shan mountains (the region of 'Almaty in Kazakhstan claims the origin). 3 years ago, it was already consumed by the Chinese. It arrived by the silk road among the Arabs, the Greeks and the Romans. Pliny the Elder will later list about a hundred varieties. Hello...
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