| L | malus (f. the tree), malum (n. the fruit) Flora Eur. 465 |
E | apple | S | Malus domestica Borkh. (Pyrus malus L.) |
| G | Apfel | F | pomme, pommier | I | mela |
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Despite hybridization (already in Roman times) and hundreds of culivars, the apple is still recognizable in Roman art. The apples trees are to the right of the fountain and the statue of Mars from the House of Venus Marina (II.iii.3) in Pompeii.
A request for 100 apples (nice ones, mind) from Vindolanda. 
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