Aren't there already more than 7k varieties of apples? And There are so many regional variants, it's hard to have any consistency. For instance, one specific ty

Aren't there already more than 7k varieties of apples? And There are so many regional variants, it's hard to have any consistency. For instance, one specific type of red apples with a local name in my country have no equivalent in all the countries I have traveled. P.S. It's amusing to me that it's on front-page. Apple really works at HN ;)