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Using the World's Oldest Apple Trees to Supply New Ones

March 15, 2017 Dennis O'Brien, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service

Considering the many different types of apples we see at farmers markets and supermarkets, it may be hard to believe that apple trees are not as diverse as they should be. But it isn’t the fruit-bearing part of the apple tree that’s the problem, it’s the apple tree’s rootstock. Most of today’s...

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