Most of us think of apples as an American fruit, but apples as we know them originated in an area between Europe and Asia called the Caucasus region. Romans brought the fruit to Europe, where the apple’s popularity grew when cooks discovered sugar. Immigrating European settlers brought apples to North America. They were well received, probably because their natural sweetness was so different from the tart native crab apple.
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