a few additional benefits of an apple tree in one's own garden:

• one can make jams, crispy apple chips, apple pies
• a shade for other plants to grow in or for people to relax in
• the smell of apples in the morning is refreshing
• wildlife thriving around the apple tree brings incalculable benefits
• medical bills saved by not consuming toxic foreign apples are not priced in; fiat insurance can be ditched

an even greater treasure is discovering a wild apple tree on ur occasional hikes;