• HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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    1 month ago

    I think not much older than the new world. 1700’s or so and I don’t think there was widespread cultivation until the 20th century.

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍OP
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      1 month ago

      Johnny Appleseed was a real guy, but he was doing his thing in the late 1700’s. Apples from grafting were pretty good eating, by then; trees grown from seed were mostly only good for making cider.

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        1 month ago

        yeah and that gets back to ground apples. if people are used to apples in cooking and making alcohol but not so much munch on it, numy, numy. I could see the ground apple thing.