From Chris Bird
If botanist Barrie Juniper is correct and the apple did originate in the Tien Shan mountains (13 April, p 46), then the Soviets were right in 1921 to rename the old Tsarist outpost of Verny at the foot of the range “Almaty”. In Kazakh, the name means “Grandfather of the Apples”, appropriate for the original apple breeder, Juniper’s ancient bear.
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