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It would be nice to see if all those varsities still exist today and if they have changed in an appearance. I know that in my country a lot of old apples can no longer be found.

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Is complicated. Most of them, not. Many European varieties where shamelesly renamed also in America for marketing or by cancel culture reasons (yup). Thus the fruit can exist but with its older name. Before DNA tests, It was a total mess.

Pursuing the desired variety to receive a modern clone substitute Is still a problem today.

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