Isazi-mlando sezokudla uJoanna Crosby wembula amaqiniso amancane angaziwa ngesithelo esivame kakhulu emlandweni.
Enkolweni yobuKristu, i-apula lihlotshaniswa nokungalaleli kuka-Eva, Wadla isithelo somuthi wokwazi okuhle nokubi, lapho uNkulunkulu axosha u-Adamu no-Eva ensimini yase-Edene. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi akukho neyodwa yemibhalo isithelo esichazwa njenge-apula - yile ndlela abaculi abadweba ngayo.
U-Henry VII wakhokha inani eliphezulu ukuze athole ama-apula akhethekile, kuyilapho u-Henry VIII enensimu yezithelo enezinhlobonhlobo zama-apula. Abalimi baseFrance bamenywa ukuba banakekele ingadi. UCatherine Omkhulu wayewathanda kakhulu ama-apula e-Golden Pippin kangangokuthi izithelo zalethwa zigoqwe ngephepha langempela lesiliva esigodlweni sakhe. UNdlovukazi uVictoria naye wayengumlandeli omkhulu - wayewathanda kakhulu ama-apula abhakiwe. Umlimi wakhe ohlakaniphile ogama lakhe linguLane uqambe ama-apula ahlukahlukene atshalwe engadini ngokumhlonipha!
Umhambi ongumNtaliyane wangekhulu le-18 uCaraciolli wakhononda ngokuthi okuwukuphela kwesithelo ayesidla eBrithani kwakuyi-apula elibhakiwe. Ama-apula abhakiwe, awomile kancane ashiwo nguCharles Dickens njengokudla kukaKhisimusi.
Ngesikhathi se-Victorian, eziningi zazo zazifuywa ngabalimi futhi, naphezu kokusebenza kanzima, izinhlobo ezintsha zaqanjwa ngabanikazi bomhlaba. Izibonelo zama-cultivars anjalo asekhona uLady Henniker no-Lord Burghley.
Ngo-1854 uNobhala WeNhlangano, uRobert Hogg, wamiswa futhi waveza ulwazi lwakhe ngezithelo ze-British Pomology ngo-1851. Isiqalo sombiko wakhe wokubaluleka kwama-apula phakathi kwazo zonke izizwe siwukuthi: “Ezindaweni ezipholile, kunezintaba ezishisayo. isithelo esitholakala yonke indawo, esilinywa kabanzi nesihlonishwa njenge-apula.”