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USA TODAY spoke with apple breeders, growers and researchers to find the secrets of one of America's most popular fruits.

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When the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620, they encountered thornless vines covered with small, red fruit growing in boggy regions of the area. Native Americans valued this fruit and called it ...

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Rather than picturing the Spirit’s fruit as a homemade pie that depends on its ingredients, we are to picture it as a tree. A fruitful tree is dependent on external factors to survive and thrive.

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David Butler is the owner of Sky Top Orchard, just west of Zirconia, North Carolina. It's always been a family business.