Breaking Hearts & Waging Wars- Apple

This week we're baking pies and digging into a favorite fall fruit- Apples.

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https://www.honeybeewild.com/journal/apple

https://www.asec.purdue.edu/apple_genomics/folklore.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cider_apple

https://www.maineforestry.net/grafting-apple-trees#:~:text=Some%20cultivars%20(varieties)%20of%20plants,only%20be%20reproduced%20by%20grafting.

https://enchantedlivingmagazine.com/apple-folklore-fairy-tales-myth-and-magic/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC442131/

https://www.morticianinthekitchen.com/recipe-blog/wiccans-witchcraft-and-apples#:~:text=In%20fact%2C%20they%20were%20even,love%20spells%20and%20divination%20rituals.

https://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/apples-in-folklore-and-fairy-tales

https://applesandpeople.org.uk/stories/

https://hvmag.com/things-to-do/5-moments-when-apples-were-a-big-deal-in-pop-culture/

https://www.macworld.com/article/673923/why-is-apple-called-apple.html

https://cider.wsu.edu/history-of-cider/#:~:text=The%20first%20recorded%20references%20to,fermenting%20cider%20from%20native%20crabapples.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cider

https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/features/cider-history-origins

https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/apple-grades-standards

https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/fvwaplproc.pdf

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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4420713/#:~:text=The%20aphorism%2C%20%E2%80%9CAn%20apple%20a,1913%20in%20its%20current%20form.

https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/supplement/quercetin#:~:text=Quercetin%20belongs%20to%20a%20group,and%20even%20cause%20cell%20death.

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