hemisphere countries supplementing northern
stored apples during the off-season, and
common varieties as likely to have come from
Asia (e.g., Fuji, from Japan) as from the West.
There are several thousand named apple
varieties, which can be divided into four
general groups.
Pome fruits and the flower from which they
arise. The edible portion of apples and pears
derives from the flower base, or receptacle.
Because the ovary is set below most of the
flower parts, the flower remains a scar at the
bottom of the fruit.
Cider apples (mainly the European
native Malus sylvestris) are high-acid
fruits rich in astringent tannins, qualities