It contributed slightly to the gene pool of domesticated apples, a distant second to M. sieversii.

[3][4] Malus orientalis is found in Bulgaria, Turkey (including East Thrace), the Transcaucasus, and Iran.

[2] Drying the fruit and then rehydrating by boiling cuts the tartness.

A string of halved, dried fruit was found in a royal tomb at Ur.

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