Dr. Prior says the word Apple took its origin from the Sanskrit, Ap,-"water," and Phal,-"fruit," meaning "water fruit," or "juice fruit"; and with this the Latin name Pomum-from POTO, "to drink"-precisely agrees; if which be so, our apple must have come originally from the East long ages back.
"Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure"
William Thomas Fernie
85 POTO-en-cies: have abandoned their native land, the Merced Valley and are now on the Chowchilla.
"The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California"
Sherburne F. Cook
