An apple a day keeps a land war in Asia away
November 23, 2018 7:34 PM   Subscribe

90% of all apples in the world are descended from 2 trees. Those trees were found in an isolated apple tree forest in Kazakhstan. Isolated for 6000 years and unknown by the west in 1830.
posted by blue_beetle (4 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: This is (a) a totally interesting topic that (b) could benefit from somewhat better sourcing. Maybe a do-over tomorrow? -- cortex



 
Man, this article is one huge [citation needed].
posted by pwnguin at 7:48 PM on November 23, 2018 [1 favorite]


It reads like a screed of some kind but I just can't put my finger on what.
posted by 922257033c4a0f3cecdbd819a46d626999d1af4a at 7:52 PM on November 23, 2018


Most of the information in the blog post is drawn from the Wikipedia page about Almaty.

It’s interesting, but the blog post is written by a hobby gardener on a gardening site. I doubt very much that it was intended to be an authority on the history of apples.
posted by Autumnheart at 8:00 PM on November 23, 2018 [1 favorite]


Yeah, for a better layman's overview, just watch the Apple section of Michael Pollan's "Botany of Desire" film companion to his book of the same name. It does similar work covering the central Asian origin and subsequent breeding of apples, but with, you know, actual scientists. Also, the other three sections of the film-- tulips, potatoes, and marijuana-- are pretty interesting in their own right. And currently (November 2018) streaming for free if you have Amazon Prime.
posted by seasparrow at 8:19 PM on November 23, 2018 [1 favorite]


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