Apple Origin and Place of Production The fruit of an apple tree, a rose and deciduous tree, is also called a plain fruit or an empty green onion. Its origin is known as the Balkans, and the discovery of carbonized apples in a Swiss cave dwellings around the 20th century B.C. suggests that Western apples have a history of more than 4,000 years. In Korea, Neunggeum Tree, a traditional species, was..