Letter
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Hint
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Answer
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A
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Small insects which commonly attack apples
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Aphids
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B
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General botanical name for the flowers that bloom in the spring
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Blossom
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C
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Alcoholic beverage made with fermented apples
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Cider
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D
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Apples grown for eating raw
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Dessert apples
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E
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Woman who eats the forbidden fruit
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Eve
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F
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Cultivar developed in Fujisaki, Aomori, Japan, in the late 1930s
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Fuji
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G
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Technique used to propagate the best cultivars
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Grafting
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H
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Cultivar with name related to apiculture
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Honeycrisp
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I
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Red cultivar from Moscow, Idaho
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Idared
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J
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Popular drink made with apples
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Juice
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K
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Country where wild apples originated
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Kazakhstan
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L
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These are dark green-colored simple ovals with serrated margins and slightly downy undersides
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Leaves
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M
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Cultivar, sounds like another word for raincoat
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McIntosh
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N
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Vegetable oil used as a pesticide used in organic farming
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Neem oil
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O
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Where apples grow
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Orchard
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P
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What bees are used for in Apple industry
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Pollination
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Q
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Related plant with much harder fruit
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Quince
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R
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The family apples are in (a flower)
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Rose
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S
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Route by which apples first reached Europe
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Silk Road
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T
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Mountains where apples were first cultivated
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Tian Shan
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U
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Where pioneer nurseryman Johnny Appleseed lived
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United States
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V
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Sour culinary liquid that can be made from C
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Vinegar
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W
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Natural substance on apple skins to protect them from fungal infections, can be shiny
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Wax
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X
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Cells in the wood of apple trees that transport water from the roots to the stems
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Xylem
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Y
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Lop-sided cultivar used for cooking, shares name with English city
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York
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Z
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Trace element found in apples, in very small quantities
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Zinc
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Check the type-in for L. It seems the answer for M is accepted for that question too.