Planting a fruit tree is often requires a years-long time investment before you yield any fruit, but this option is perfect ...

Apple trees are not native to North America. They were first brought here by the colonists in the 1700s. ... Domesticated apples go by the scientific name "Malus domestica." ...

Malus domestica. See more apple varieties below! Credit: USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD Apples have been an ...

These apples all belong to the species malus domestica, which is the type of eating apple that originated in Kazakhstan, spread to the Middle East and Europe more than 4,000 years ago, and arrived ...

DNA analysis indicates that apples originated in the mountains of Kazakhstan, where the wild Malus sieversii—the many-times great-grandparent of Malus domestica, the modern domesticated apple ...

Then, these Malus coronaria cuttings—along with cuttings from previous hunts—will be grafted onto an apple rootstock. That will allow them to grow into trees which are identical to the original.