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What type of fruit is an apple?
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Pome
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When you eat an apple, what part are you actually eating?
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Sugar and water (accesory) Pome.
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What is the advantage for plants to produce fleshy fruits?
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for dispersal, takes few resources
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Why are apple trees grown from grafting and not from seed?
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great genetic variability. seeds too risky for commercial operation
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What are the consequences of cultivated apple's low genetic diversity?
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1) All apples from 5-6 parents
2) very susceptible to disease 3)more pesticide |
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Why did john chapman establish apple orchards?
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he was a land speculater. did it where he thought settlers would reach in 3-8 years
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why did people on the frontier want chapmans apples?
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for alcohol production.
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Why are chapmans orchards gone?
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prohibitionists cut them down
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Why is the apple tree found throughout the world?
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Has evolved with humans, its using us for dispersal. genetic diversity
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