Apple Facts

Most apple blossoms are pink when they open but gradually fade to white.

Apples and Pears.. Studies show that these two fruits help boost metabolism and speed up weight loss. A study done at the State University of Rio de Janeiro found that women eating three small apples or pears daily, lost more weight than women who did not. Apples and pears are also two fruits that you want to eat organic.

The first apple trees were planted by the pilgrims in the Massachusetts Bay colony.

The first apple nursery was opened in Flushing, NY in 1730.

Apples are a member of the rose family, along with pears, peaches, plums and cherries.

The science of apple growing is referred to as pomology.

To create an apple tree of a particular variety, growers graft a twig, called a scion, from the "parent" tree onto a small, young tree called a rootstock, which is really nothing more than a slender whip with roots. The scion contains buds from which twigs and leaves will eventually grow. The trees are protected in nurseries for 1-2 years after they are grafted before being replanted by the grower in an orchard.

25% of an apple’s volume is air, which is why they float.

Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Gala and Fuji are the five most commonly consumed apples in the U.S.

It takes the energy from 50 leaves to produce one apple.

Don’t peel your apple! Two-thirds of the fiber and many of the antioxidants are found in the apple peel.

The game of apple-bobbing began as a Celtic New Year’s tradition for trying to determine one’s future spouse.

A peck of apples weight 10.5 pounds.

Americans eat an average of 50.4 pounds of apples and apple products each year.

The largest apple picked weighed three pounds.

The world’s largest apple peel was created by Kathy Wafler Madison on October 16, 1976, in Rochester, NY and was 172 feet, 4 inches.

A bushel of apples weight 42 pounds and will yield 20-24 quarts of applesauce.

It takes about 36 apples to create one gallon of apple cider.

Apples are grown commercially in 36 states.

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