There were once 17,000 types. Why have so many gone exctinct?

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Where Did All the Apples Go?

There were once 17,000 varieties of apples in North America. Today, that number is closer to 4,500—and the dozen or so cultivars you’ll likely find at farmers markets and U-pick orchards represent an even smaller slice of that figure. What happened?

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How to Keep Apples From Going Brown

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