Apple Facts
What is the only apple native to North America?
Crabapple
Apple trees have a life of only 50 years
FALSE Apple trees have a life of over 100 years
Washington, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and California are the top 5 apple-producing states in the U.S. In all, 36 states produce apples commercially
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What is the most popular and most-prouduced apple in te United States? Second most-popular?
Red Delicious and Golden Delicious
One medium apple contains about 80 calories
TRUE
The largest apple ever picked weighed three pounds, two ounces.
TRUE
An apple a day, keeps the doctor away
TRUE Apples are rich in vitamins A and C, flavonoids and polyphenols
Apples come from the Rose family, Rasacea?
TRUE that's why they have a rosy aroma
The United States produces the most apples out of any country
FALSE China produces more apples than any other country.
Browned apples slices are bad
FALSE it just looks unattractive but the flavor stays the same; The change is due to a chemical reaction that occurs when the apple's cells are broken down (by being sliced) and introduced to oxygen. Try squeezing on some lemon juice!
An average person eats 65 apples a year
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Animals which eat apples include horses, monkeys, chimpanzees, bears, raccoons and rabbits
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Apple trees don't bear their first fruit until they are four or five years old
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Apples float in water becuase 25% of their volume consists of air.
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Archaelogists have evidence of people eating apples as far back as 6500 BC
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Half of the United States apptruned into apple products like apple sauce and apple juice
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The apple is the official state fruit of Washington, New York, Rhode Island, and West Virginia
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The science of apple cultivation is known as Pomology.
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The scientific name for apples is Aplicus Rosacea
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The word apple comes from the Old English aeppel
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There are more than 7500 varieties of apples grown in the world. About 2500 varieties are grown in the United States.
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