APPLE GREEN

The apple originates in Central Asia (now Kazakhstan) and the evolution of botanical apple trees dates back to the Neolithic. The term "apple" derives from the late Latin melum (from ancient Greek μῆλον, read mèlon) for the classic malum, in turn deriving from the Doric μᾶλον, read màlon. The term could be related to the Indo-European root *mal - meaning "to be soft", "sweet", and perhaps having a link with "mallow" and "honey".