http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/09/why-do-students-give-teachers-apples-and-more-from-the-fruits-juicy-past/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:13:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/09/why-do-students-give-teachers-apples-and-more-from-the-fruits-juicy-past/comment-page-1/#comment-15526 Bob Armstrong Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:40:36 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=12733#comment-15526 All of my friends are the "apple of My eye"! All of my friends are the “apple of My eye”!

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/09/why-do-students-give-teachers-apples-and-more-from-the-fruits-juicy-past/comment-page-1/#comment-15524 Gayla Little Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:31:02 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=12733#comment-15524 This article is interesting; but, it leaves me with the question as to how the apple was changed into a sweet fruit. Was it grafted to sweeter fruits? If so, which ones? This article is interesting; but, it leaves me with the question as to how the apple was changed into a sweet fruit. Was it grafted to sweeter fruits? If so, which ones?

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/09/why-do-students-give-teachers-apples-and-more-from-the-fruits-juicy-past/comment-page-1/#comment-15523 Natalie Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:40:16 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=12733#comment-15523 To be clear, there was breeding and selection going on for sweet apples in the American Colonies before Johnny Appleseed got started: the Newtown-Pippin, which is still in production: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtown_Pippin To be clear, there was breeding and selection going on for sweet apples in the American Colonies before Johnny Appleseed got started: the Newtown-Pippin, which is still in production: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtown_Pippin

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