Crop Nutrition in Pome Production

Depending on the source, apples and pears evolved in Central Asia and western China. By about 6500 BC, people carried apple seeds to west Asia and China. Homer’s Odyssey, written in the 8th or 9th century BC, contains what may be the fi rst written account of apples and pears in early literature: “Outside the gate of the outer court there is a large garden of about four acres with a wall all round it. It is full of beautiful trees – pears, pomegranates, and the most delicious apples” (Homer et al., 1990).