Sentences with phrase «european wild apple»
A hybrid of the European Wild Apple and Malus domestica, it was introduced to the United Kingdom in 1935 and the United States in 1972.
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As the apple traveled west along the Silk Road in the hands of travelers, trees grew from dropped seeds and crossed with other wild apple varieties, including the incredibly sour European crabapple, Malus sylvestris.
The researchers confirmed that modern apples were first domesticated from wild Asian apples, but they found that subsequent crosses with European crabapples — possibly selected for disease resistance, hardiness, or other traits — contributed the most DNA to modern domesticated apples.