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The World’s Fruit and Appleseed Legends: A Report on Apples

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  George L. Settlemier 4000 Lancaster Dr. NE  11/10/2022  Professor VanStavern  Building 1  Chemeketa Community College  4000 Lancaster Dr. NE  P.O. Box 14007 Salem, OR 97309 To Professor VanStavern; Attached is the requested final report which I have worked on fervently over the last few weeks. My topic covers apples and their reproductive cycle, as well as the science behind grafting and production of NEW cultivars. I also wanted to look at the folklore surrounding apples, like Johnny Appleseed, to give some domestic perspective on history as we know it. Apples are a fruit known worldwide and from a humble beginning in Kazakhstan, we have cultivated it to every taste. I admire the fruit, as well as the agricultural field, and wanted to lend some layman knowledge down for the average person to get to know that tasty fruit in the fridge. There is a little bit of history, some science and human interference, as well as the general information regarding ...