Apples are planted both as food in fruit growing and for ornamental purposes. In addition, they are attributed an effect as a remedy. As the fruit par excellence, the apple and apple tree symbolize the themes of sexuality, fertility and life, knowledge and decision, and wealth. Already the Celts and Germanic tribes processed the probably small and hard fruits of the native apple. They boiled the fruit to mush and extracted must from it. The juice was fermented together with honey to mead. In addition, its nectar with 9 to 87 percent sugar content and a sugar value of up to 1.37 mg of sugar per blossom per day is important for the bees.
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