Modern apples are bigger, less acidic, less bitter and more storable than their wild ancestors
date:Mar 25, 2022
er soluble solids, are less bitter, and soften less during storage

The study found that cultivated apples were 3.6 times heavier, about half as acidic and far less bitter than the wild ancestral species from which modern apples are derived.

Using historical records, Sean Myles, an associate professor at Dalhousie Universitys Faculty of Agriculture, Canada, and his team also determined that apple breeding over the past 200 years has resulted in a trend towards apples that soften less during sto

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