my ancestors had access
>to apples, I think.....what fruits are native to Europe?
>Anyone know?   And England and Ireland?

out of my head:
amelanchier, cornus(dogwood) , ribes family( currants),rubus ,
yrus( pears), malus ( crabapple),
vaccinium family ( blueberries ) , arbutus unedo( strawberry tree) etc...
at that site you can search for anything you want among the 7000 plants
repertoried.
you can search from that site
http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/index.html
among 7000 plants selected
by use
 ex. all the fruits
http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/cgi-bin/pfaf/find_use?ED_USE=Fruit&CAN=EDIB

by aera
ex. britain is
http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/cgi-bin/pfaf/find_use?AREA=Britain&CAN=rng

here you have all the fruits that occur spontanously in Britain ,you can go
thru the list and see all the one who are native from Britain
http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/cgi-bin/pfaf/find_use?ED_USE=Fruit&AREA=Britain&C
AN=ADVANCE

For some reasons when i did  an advanced search combining fruits and native
to britain i  end up with only 4 but in fact there is way more in the
previous list
Anyway lot of to play with.
jean-claude