Apple Facts

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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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