Apple is a commonly consumed fruit because of high antioxidant content and source of important nutrients and vitamins, as well as good taste. For this reason apple fruit is in demand at much higher than other temperate climate fruit species. Apple has found a wide range of ecological suitability of cultivation areas in Turkey. Most part of these produced apple fruits are consumed as a fresh in the local markets, and other parts used for fruit juice, fruit concentrate and so on as raw a material in industry (Taşcı, 2017).The homeland of the apple extends to the South Caucasus, including Anatolia, among temperate climate fruit species and the culture dates back to the early centuries. Apple, which has the ability to adapt to different ecologies, showed a wide spread in the world. Today, apple production accounts for approximately 12% of the total fruit production in the world, and gets second place after banana (Taşcı, 2017).
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