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An apple is a round, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (Malus spp., among them the domestic or orchard apple; Malus domestica). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus Malus. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, Malus sieversii, is still found.
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Pouteria caimito, the abiu (Portuguese pronunciation:), is a tropical fruit tree originating in the Amazonian region of South America, and this type of fruit can also be found in the Philippines and other countries in Southeast Asia. It grows to an average of 10 metres (33 feet) high, with ovoid fruits.
The 'Red Delicious' originated at an orchard in 1872 as "a round, blushed yellow fruit of surpassing sweetness". [4] [5] Stark Nurseries held a competition in 1892 [6] to find an apple to replace the 'Black Ben Davis' apple. The winner was a red and yellow striped apple sent by Jesse Hiatt, a farmer in Peru, Iowa, who called it
Syzygium malaccense has a number of English common names. It is known as a Malay rose apple, or simply Malay apple, mountain apple, rose apple, Otaheite apple, pink satin-ash, plumrose and pommerac (derived from pomme Malac, meaning "Malayan apple" in French). [2]
The Granny Smith, also known as a green apple or sour apple, is an apple cultivar that originated in Australia in 1868. [1] It is named after Maria Ann Smith, who propagated the cultivar from a chance seedling. The tree is thought to be a hybrid of Malus sylvestris, the European wild apple, with the domesticated apple Malus domestica as the ...
It is considered one of the largest varieties of apples, with an average circumference of 30 to 46 centimetres (12 to 18 in) and weight of 900 grams (2 lb 0 oz). Sekai ichi means "world's number one" in Japanese.
In the process, Smiley dies and in a sack of apples, an apple turns into a Devil Fruit. The beast's body transforms into poison gas spreading quickly throughout the island. Its lethal power was demonstrated when Caesar's men were caught in it, being petrified before the eyes of the Brokers and the captive Straw Hats.