Malus domestica

摘要

With time to kill during the spring lockdown, plus a much greater awareness of the impact that good nutrition can have on health and the autoimmune system in particular, thousands of people have taken up gardening in 2020.First dabbling with lettuce, tomatoes, radish, perhaps potatoes, carrots, beets, peas or beans, and surely strawberries for the summer, these gardeners are ready to move onto more garden-fresh delights. So, what about apples (Malus domestica)? After all, they are one of the most popular fruits to grow and, as they say, "an apple a day keeps the doctor away". Offering great variety of flavours and textures in the fruit, apple trees also put on a splendid display of bee-attracting flowers.