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Today in WV History
20 Feb

The Golden Delicious Apple became the West Virginia official state fruit

West Virginia is the native home of the Golden Delicious apple, the state's second major horticultural contribution to the commercial apple industry. The first was the Grimes Golden, discovered on the farm of Thomas Grimes near Wellsburg in the ea...

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