In the late 1700s, American land speculators sent legions of young men into the wilderness to plant apple seeds.

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If so, is Apple sowing the seeds that will lead to its eventual destruction?

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The clues, and resulting flurry of speculation, are planting the seeds of an Apple watch in consumers' minds.

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Steve Jobs had returned to Apple and was sowing the seeds of success.

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The talk of the town is the recent announcement he will be stepping aside to let other seeds grow at Apple.

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Breakfast is oatmeal with molasses, something called whole food optimizer, cacao, nuts, cinnamon, coconut butter, an apple, and hemp and flax seeds.

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But the 1970s, the decade of Apple's birth, offers hope that hardy seeds can take root even in bad climates.

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