ABSTRACT
Apple has been grown by mankind since the dawn of history. This is mentioned in early legends, poems, and religious books. The “fruit” that the Bible says Adam and Eve ate in the Garden of Eden is believed by many to have been an apple. The ancient Greeks had a legend that a golden apple caused quarreling among the gods and brought about the destruction of Troy. The Greek writer Theophrastus mentions several cultivars grown in Greece in the fourth century B.C. Apple trees were grown and prized for their fruit by the people of ancient Rome.
