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Also known as Domestic Apple, Orchard Apple, Cultivated Apple

Apple trees burst into pink-tinted white blossoms each spring, attracting early pollinators before setting fruit that matures by late summer or autumn. Developed through thousands of years of selective breeding, these deciduous trees produce thousands of named varieties ranging from tart green cooking apples to sweet red dessert cultivars. Birds, mammals, and insects depend heavily on both the seasonal flowers and fallen autumn fruit in rural and agricultural ecosystems.