The apple is a tree and its pomaceous fruit, of species Malus domestica in the family Rosaceae, and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. It is a small deciduous tree reaching 5-12 m tall, with a broad, often densely twiggy crown. The leaves are alternately arranged, simple oval with an acute tip and serrated margin, slightly downy below, 5-12 cm long and 3-6 cm broad on a 2-5 cm petiole. The flowers are produced in spring with the leaves, white, usually tinged pink at first, 2.5-3.5 cm diameter, with five petals. T ...

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• Apple - Apple cultivars
• Apple - Growing apples
• Apple - Apple breeding
• Apple - Starting an orchard
• Apple - Location
• Apple - Pollination
• Apple - Thinning
• Apple - Pests and diseases
• Apple - Harvest
• Apple - Commerce and uses
• Apple - Health benefits
• Apple - Cultural aspects

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Apple, Apple - Botanical origins, Apple - Apple cultivars, Apple - Growing apples, Apple - Apple breeding, Apple - Starting an orchard, Apple - Location, Apple - Pollination, Apple - Thinning, Apple - Pests and diseases, Apple - Harvest, Apple - Commerce and uses, Apple - Health benefits, Apple - Cultural aspects, Apple - Apples as symbols, Apple - Traditions

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Apple - Apple breeding. Like most perennial fruits, apples are ordinarily propagated asexually by grafting. Seedling apples are different from their parents, sometimes radically. Most new apple cultivars originate as seedlings, which either arise by chance or are bred by deliberately crossing cultivars with promising characteristics. The words seedling, pippin, and kernel in the name of an apple cultivar suggest that it originated as a seedling. Apples can also form bud sports (mutations on a ...

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Apple, Apple - Botanical origins, Apple - Apple cultivars, Apple - Growing apples, Apple - Apple breeding, Apple - Starting an orchard, Apple - Location, Apple - Pollination, Apple - Thinning, Apple - Pests and diseases, Apple - Harvest, Apple - Commerce and uses, Apple - Health benefits, Apple - Cultural aspects

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Apple scab is a disease of apple trees (genus Malus) caused by the ascomycete fungus Venturia inaequalis. The disease manifests as dull black or grey-brown lesions on the surface of tree leaves, buds or fruits. Lesions may also appear less frequently on the woody tissues of the tree. Fruits and the undersides of leaves are especially susceptible. The disease rarely kills its host, but can significantly reduce fruit yields and fruit quality. Affected fruits are less marketable ...

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• Apple scab - Life cycle
• Apple scab - Control

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Bulmers Cider was founded in 1887 in Hereford, England by Percy Bulmer, the twenty year old son of the local rector at Credenhill, taking his mother's advice to make a career in food or drink 'because neither ever go out of fashion'. Using apples from the orchard at his father's rectory and an old stone press on the farm next door, Percy made the first drop of cider upon which the family fortune would be made. Today HP Bulmer makes 65% of the five million hectolitres of cider sold annually in the United Kingdom and the bulk of ...

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In Greek mythology, the Hesperides are nymphs who tend a blissful garden in a far west corner of the world, located, according to various sources, in the Arcadian Mountains in Greece, near the Atlas mountains in Libya, or on a distant island at the edge of the ocean. According to the Greek poet Stesichorus, in his poem the "song of Geryon", and the Greek geographer Strabo, in his book Geographika (volume III), the Hesperides are in Tartessos, a location placed to the south of Iberia (Spain). The Greek poet Hesiod said that the ...

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Wyoming County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2000, the population is 43,424. The county seat is Warsaw. The name is from a modified Delaware Indian word meaning "broad bottom lands." Wyoming County was formed from Genesee County in 1841. Wyoming County New York - History. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Wyoming County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the pre ...

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Mangifera altissima Mangifera caesia Mangifera camptosperma Mangifera casturi Mangifera foetida Mangifera indica Mangifera kemanga Mangifera longipes Mangifera macrocarpa Mangifera odorata Mangifera pajang Mangifera pentandra Mangifera persic ...

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Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (born August 7, 1884 in Washington D.C.; died May 14, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) was an actress primarily known to modern audiences for her role as Glinda, the Good Witch of the North in the musical The Wizard of Oz. Known as Billie Burke, she toured the US and Europe with a circus because her father, Billy Burke, was employed with them as a singing clown. One could say that Billie was bred for show business. Her family ultimately settled in London where she was fortun ...

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• Billie Burke - Films

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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak ("the two Steves") had been friends for some time, having met in 1971, when their mutual friend, Bill Fernandez, introduced 21-year-old Wozniak to 16-year-old Jobs. Jobs managed to interest Wozniak in assembling a machine and selling it. Jobs approached a local computer store, The Byte Shop, who said they would be interested in the machine, but only if it came fully assembled. The owner, Paul Terrell, went further, saying he would order 50 of the machines and pay $500 each on delivery. Jobs then took the p ...

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History of Apple Computer, History of Apple Computer - Pre-foundation, History of Apple Computer - Early years, History of Apple Computer - Apple III and Lisa, History of Apple Computer - The Macintosh, History of Apple Computer - 1984 to 1997, History of Apple Computer - 1998 to 2003, History of Apple Computer - 2003 to present, History of Apple Computer - The Future, History of Apple Computer - Apple and i Web services, History of Apple Computer - iPod and iTunes Music Store

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The infection cycle begins in the springtime, when suitable temperatures and moisture promote the release of V. inaequalis ascospores from leaf litter around the base of previously infected trees. These spores rise into the air and land on the surface of a susceptible tree, where they germinate and form a germ tube that can directly penetrate the plant's waxy cuticle. A fungal mycelium forms between the cuticle and underlying epidermal tissue, starting as a yellow spot that grows and ruptures to reveal a black lesion bearing the asexu ...

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Apple scab, Apple scab - Life cycle, Apple scab - Control

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The Spokane Valley started to become populated in the early part of the 20th century after a private venture formed the Modern Electric Water and Irrigation Company. Irrigation by ditch began in 1908, attracting farmers and immigrants by way of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads, for which Spokane was a major hub, including extensive shops and facilities. The valley eventually became a major apple growing region before suburban growth overran the valley after World War Two. After a large shallow lake in the eastern part of the Valley was drained, the entire valley, from the hills in the south to the river ...

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Spokane Valley Washington, Spokane Valley Washington - History, Spokane Valley Washington - Geography, Spokane Valley Washington - External link

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The Garden of the Hesperides is Hera's orchard in the west, where either a single tree or a grove of immortality-giving golden apples grew. The apples were planted from the fruited branches that Gaia gave to her as a wedding gift when Hera accepted Zeus. The Hesperides were given the task of tending to the grove, but occasionally plucked from it themselves. Not trusting them, Hera also placed in the garden a never-sleeping, hundr ...

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Hesperides, Hesperides - The evening, Hesperides - The Garden of the Hesperides, Hesperides - Origin, Hesperides - External link

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Agriculture has changed massively in recent years within the county. The county is in the west of England which has been historically pastoral as opposed to the east which was more arable. Herefordshire - Fruit. The county is famous for its apple and pear orchards, and of course its Cider. There are many orchards around the county but not as many as there once was. In the last few years soft fruits such as strawberries have become a new and rapidly expanding area of the agricultural economy of the c ...

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Herefordshire, Herefordshire - History, Herefordshire - Cities Towns and villages, Herefordshire - Agriculture, Herefordshire - Fruit, Herefordshire - Dairy, Herefordshire - Potatoes, Herefordshire - Places of interest, Herefordshire - Transport, Herefordshire - Road, Herefordshire - Rail, Herefordshire - Air, Herefordshire - Waterways

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The village of New Paltz was established in 1678. Prior to the establishment of the village, Native American tribes were living in the area. The first European settlers were Huguenot refugees from France. These refugees first fled to the Palatinate in Germany before emigrating to the New World and settling in New Netherland. The Palatinate is called the Pfalz in the German language, and Palz (pronounced "pahltz") in the Palat ...

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New Paltz village New York, New Paltz village New York - History, New Paltz village New York - Geography, New Paltz village New York - Demographics, New Paltz village New York - Notable Residents, New Paltz village New York - Politics, New Paltz village New York - Transportation

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When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Wyoming County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. This county was reduced in size on July 3, 1766 by the creation of Cumberland County, and further on March 16, 1770 by the creation of Glouceste ...

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Wyoming County New York, Wyoming County New York - History, Wyoming County New York - Points of Interest, Wyoming County New York - Geography, Wyoming County New York - Demographics, Wyoming County New York - Towns and Villages, Wyoming County New York - Adjacent counties and areas

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The area was first traversed by two HBC employees in 1828, a journey which was later followed in 1846 by Europeans in 1846 by explorer Alexander Caulfield Anderson who had been assigned to chart it and for whom Anderson Lake is named. Certain placenames along the route were conferred by Anderson later on, at the request of colonial Governor James Douglas. Seton Lake, and hence Seton Portage, was named for a friend of Anderson's who had perished in the sinking of the HMS Birkenhead. Farther along Anderson's route to the Coast to the so ...

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Seton Portage British Columbia, Seton Portage British Columbia - Origin of the Portage, Seton Portage British Columbia - Archaeological Issues, Seton Portage British Columbia - Population History, Seton Portage British Columbia - History, Seton Portage British Columbia - Land Claims Issues, Seton Portage British Columbia - Access

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The sixth son of Rev. Richard Eaton (1565–1616) and Elizabeth Shepheard (1569–1636), Nathaniel was christened October 16, 1610, at the church of St Giles Cripplegate, London, England. He was educated at the University of Cambridge, Trinity College, where he was a contemporary and good friend of John Harvard. He later attended the University of Franeker in Leiden, where he studied under Rev. William Ames. He emigrated to New England between 1634 and 1637 and became the first "professor" of the nascent Harvard College. He erected Harvard's ...

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Nathaniel Eaton, Nathaniel Eaton - Biography, Nathaniel Eaton - Religious Convictions, Nathaniel Eaton - Another Nathaniel Eaton?, Nathaniel Eaton - End notes, Nathaniel Eaton - Sources

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The mango is a popular fruit with people around the world. However, many mango farmers receive a low price for their produce. This has led to mangoes being available as a 'fair trade' item in some countries. The taste of the fruit is very sweet, with some cultivars having a slight acidic tang. The texture of the flesh varies markedly between different cultivars; some have quite a soft and pulpy texture similar to an over-ripe plum, while others have a firmer flesh much like that of a cantaloupe or avocado, and in some cultivars the fl ...

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Mango, Mango - History and cultivation, Mango - Cultivars, Mango - Pests and diseases, Mango - Uses, Mango - Economic effects, Mango - Health benefits

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The mango is a popular fruit with people around the world. However, many mango farmers receive a low price for their produce. This has led to mangoes being available as a 'fair trade' item in some countries. The taste of the fruit is very sweet, with some cultivars having a slight acidic tang. The texture of the flesh varies markedly between different cultivars; some have quite a soft and pulpy texture similar to an over-ripe plum, while others have a firmer flesh much like that of a cantaloupe or avocado, and in some cultivars the fl ...

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Mango, Mango - History and cultivation, Mango - Cultivars, Mango - Pests and diseases, Mango - Uses, Mango - Economic Effects, Mango - Health Benefits

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