Where did the first apples come from? Which continent and country?
…it was carried over the trade routes to the Middle East, Europe, and the North America. http://www.nyapplecountry.com/applehistory.htm The Origin of the Apple This photo shows the apple as originating in the Caucasus mountains of Asia. Evidence found in 1989-1996 by USDA and Cornell researchers shows apples originated in the Tien Shan mountains of central Asia and the apple was carried by humans to the Middle East, Europe and eventually the North America. AN APPLE TIMELINE: http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/maia/history.html 8,000 B.C.—Nomadic hunter/gatherer societies invent agriculture and begin to “settle” in places throughout the “fertile crescent” from the Nile through the Tigris and Euphrates, the Indus, and Yellow River Valleys. As both trade and military expeditions begin among these earliest civilizations, dessert app