Apple: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Article title updated for style. Oct 31, 2026
Modified link of Web site: University of Minnesota Extension - Growing apples in the home garden. Oct 02, 2026
Added Top Questions and a taxonomic box. Modernized language throughout. Feb 25, 2026
Add new Web site: Wisconsin Horticulture - Training and Pruning Apple Trees. Feb 21, 2026
Add new Web site: Ohio State University - Ohioline - Growing Apples in the Home Orchard. Dec 11, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - Is an apple a day really good for your health? Sep 27, 2025
Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - 7 Reasons Why Apples are Good for You. Jul 30, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Physicochemical Changes of Apple (Malus domestica) Fruit Cultivars as Influenced by Maturity Stages and Postharvest Management Practices (PDF). Jun 14, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Illinois Extension - Apples. May 02, 2025
Add new Web site: BMC - BMC Plant Biology - Global gene expression analysis of apple fruit development from the floral bud to ripe fruit. Mar 08, 2025
Add new Web site: Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health - The Nutrition Source - Apples. Jan 25, 2025
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Plant Science - Research Progress on Genetic Basis of Fruit Quality Traits in Apple (Malus × domestica). Jun 28, 2024
Add new Web site: Royal Horticultural Society - Apples. Feb 09, 2024
Add new Web site: WebMD - Health Benefits of Apples. Oct 26, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Extension - Growing apples in the home garden. Sep 14, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Apples and Apple By-Products: Antioxidant Properties and Food Applications. Jul 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Pennsylvania State University - PlantVillage - Apple. Jun 09, 2023
Add new Web site: North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox - Apple. Jan 31, 2023
Article thoroughly revised. Sep 29, 2022
Add new Web site: Verywell Fit - Apple Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits. Apr 22, 2022
Removed media. Sep 22, 2021
Add new Web site: Healthline - Apples 101: Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits. Feb 07, 2021
Rearranged media. Nov 19, 2019
Add new Web site: University of Illinois Extension - Apple. Feb 04, 2019
Corrected display issue. Jul 25, 2018
Added video. Jan 21, 2015
Added video. Jan 16, 2015
Add new Web site: Right Plant 4 Me - Malus domestica. Dec 23, 2014
Add new Web site: Right Plant 4 Me - Malus domestica. Dec 23, 2014
Add new Web site: Texas A&M - Agrilife Extension - Apple. Jun 01, 2014
Add new Web site: Illinois Wildflowers - Apple. Jun 01, 2014
Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids - Apple Facts for Kids. Jun 01, 2014
Add new Web site: Cultural China - History - Biography of Shen Zhou. Jun 01, 2014
Add new Web site: Botanical.com - Apple. Jun 01, 2014
Media added. May 06, 2014
Updated information on global production and trade statistics. Jul 19, 2013
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Apples. Feb 04, 2013
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - The Botany of Desire - Apple Sweetness. Feb 04, 2013
Add new Web site: Iloveindia.com - Apple. Feb 04, 2013
Add new Web site: Centers for Disease Control - Vegetable of the Month: Apple. Apr 30, 2012
Updated global apple production statistics. Aug 31, 2011
Media added. Aug 31, 2011
Add new Web site: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Apples. Jun 15, 2011
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Apple. Jan 29, 2009
Added new Web site: Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Malus. Oct 08, 2007
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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