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Round fruit with firm juicy flesh and green, red or yellow skin when ripe. Apples contain a lot of fibers. Don't eat wagonloads of appleseeds, each one contains a little bit of cyanide. The vitamin C content of apples depends on what kind of apple it is. Most sorts contain a lot of vitamin C. For more information about apples check out the Urban Programs Resource Network of the University of Illinois Extension. They offer a lot of information

Apple blossom is the state flower of Michigan. 2500 varieties of apples are grown in the United States. 7500 varieties of apples are grow n throughout the world. 100 varieties of apples are grown commercially in the United States. Apples are grown commercially in 36 states.

Apples are grown in all 50 states. United States consumers eat an average of 45.5 pounds of apples. That's a lot of applesauce! 61 percent of United States apples are eaten as fresh fruit. 39 percent of apples are processed into apple products; 21 percent of this is for juice and cider. The top apple producing state is Washington.

Apples are fat, sodium, and cholesterol free. A medium apples is about 80 calories. Apples are a great source of fiber. One apple has five grams of fiber. In 1997 there were 9,000 apple growers with orchards covering 453,200 acres. The pilgrims planted the first United States apple trees in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

• Round fruit with firm juicy flesh and green, red or yellow skin when ripe.
• Apples contain a lot of fibers.
• Don't eat wagonloads of appleseeds, each one contains a little bit of cyanide.
• The vitamin C content of apples depends on what kind of apple it is. Most sorts contain a lot of vitamin C.
• For more information about apples check out the Urban Programs Resource Network of the University of Illinois Extension. They offer a lot of information

• Apple blossom is the state flower of Michigan.
• 2500 varieties of apples are grown in the United States.
• 7500 varieties of apples are grown throughout the world.
• 100 varieties of apples are grown commercially in the United States.
• Apples are grown commercially in 36 states.
• Apples are grown in all 50 states.
• United States consumers eat an average of 45.5 pounds of apples. That's a lot of applesauce!
• 61 percent of United States apples are eaten as fresh fruit.
• 39 percent of apples are processed into apple products; 21 percent of this is for juice and cider.
• The top apple producing state is Washington.
• Apples are fat, sodium, and cholesterol free.
• A medium apples is about 80 calories.
• Apples are a great source of fiber. One apple has five grams of fiber.
• In 1997 there were 9,000 apple growers with orchards covering 453,200 acres.
• The pilgrims planted the first United States apple trees in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• The science of apple growing is called pomology.
• Apple trees take four to five years to produce their first fruit.
• Most apples are still picked by hand in the fall.
• Apple varieties range in size from a little larger than a cherry to as large as a grapefruit.
• Apples are propagated by two methods: grafting or budding.
• The apple variety ‘Delicious' is the most widely grown in the United States.
• In Europe, France, Italy and Germany are the leading apple producing countries.
• The apple tree originated in an area between the Caspin and the Black Sea.
• Apples were the favorite fruit of ancient Greeks and Romans.
• Apples are a member of the rose family.
• Apples harvested from an average tree can fill 20 boxes that weigh 42 pounds each.
• Americans eat 19.6 pounds of fresh apples every year.
• 25 percent of an apple's volume is air. That is why they float.
• The largest apple picked weighed three pounds.
• Europeans eat about 46 pounds of apples annually.
• The average size of a United States orchard is 50 acres.
• Many growers use dwarf apple trees.
• Charred apples have been found in prehistoric dwellings in Switzerland.
• Most apple blossoms are pink when they open but gradually fade to white.
• Some apple trees will grown over forty feet high and live over a hundred years.
• Most apples can be grown farther north than most other fruits because they blossom late in spring, minimizing frost damage.
• It takes the energy from 50 leaves to produce one apple.
• Apples are the second most valuable fruit grown in the United States. Oranges are first.
• In colonial time apples were called winter banana or melt-in-the-mouth.
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasts the 2000 apple crop to be at 254.2 million 42 pound cartons.
• Total apple production in 1999 was 252 million cartons valued at $1.5 billion.
• The largest U. S. apple crop was 277.3 million cartons in 1998.
• In 1999 the People's Republic of China led the world in apple production followed by the United States.
• The Lady or Api apple is one of the oldest varieties in existence.
• Newton Pippin apples were the first apples exported from America in 1768, some were sent to Benjamin Franklin in London.
• In 1730 the first apple nursery was opened in Flushing, New York.
• One of George Washington's hobbies was pruning his apple trees.
• America's longest-lived apple tree was reportedly planted in 1647 by Peter Stuyvesant in his Manhattan orchard and was still bearing fruit when a derailed train struck it in 1866.

Facts About Apples