The apple is the most cultivated tree fruit and the most used by humans. There are more than 7,500 known variety of apples. The United States grows 2,500 of these, but just 100 of them are grown commercially. Apples are grown in 36 U.S. states, but six states — Washington, New York, Michigan, California, Pennsylvania and Virginia — produce the vast majority.
Want to impress your friends with your uncanny knowledge of this autumn favorite?
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Apples float because 25 percent of their volume is air.
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It takes nearly 40 apples to make 1 gallon of cider.
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You could eat a different apple every day for more than 19 years, and never eat the same kind twice!
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The “Delicious” apple variety is the most widely grown variety in the United States.
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An apple tree has to grow for four or five years before it will produce an apple.
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Bobbing for apples started as a Celtic New Year’s tradition to determine whom you would marry.
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In ancient times, apples were thrown at weddings (instead of rice or birdseed, like today … ouch!).
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The apple belongs to the rose family.
When you Google “apple recipes” you are bound to get more than 40,900,000 hits. There are a lot of people using a lot apples out there.
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