Before Selective Breeding: Fruits and Vegetables That Look Out of This World



Apple

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Apples are one of the most well-known fruits. In their original form, known as the wild apple (Malus sieversii), they were smaller in size and more round in shape. By today’s taste standards, they were hardly edible at all.