-
Apples come in all shades of reds, greens, and yellows.
-
Two pounds of apples make one 9-inch pie.
-
Apple Blossom is the state flower of Michigan.
-
2500 strains of apple varieties are grown in the United States.
-
7500 strains of apple varieties are grown throughout the world.
-
100 varieties of apples are grown commercially in the United States.
-
Apples are grown commercially in 36 states.
-
In 2001 United States consumers ate an average of 45.2 pounds of fresh apples and processed apple products.
-
61% of United States apples are eaten as fresh 
fruit.
-
39% of apples are processed into apple products; 21% of this is for juice and cider.
-
The top apple producing states are Washington, New York, Michigan, California, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
-
Apples are free of fat, sodium, and cholesterol.
-
A medium apple is about 80 calories.
-
Apples are a great source of the fiber pectin. One apple has 5 grams of fiber.
-
The pilgrims planted the first United States apple trees in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
-
The science of apple growing is pomology.
-
Most 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 big 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.
-
Apples were the favorite fruit of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
-
Apples are a member of the rose family.
-
Americans eat 19.6 pounds or about 65 fresh apples a year.
-
25% of an apple’s volume is air. That is why they float.
-
The largest 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 grow over forty feet tall and live over a hundred years.
-
Most apples can be grown farther north than most other fruits because they blossom late in the 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 times apples were called winter banana or melt-in-the-mouth.
-
Normally, apples have 5 seeds, but some have none.
-
The world’s top apple producers are China, the United States, Turkey, Poland and Italy.
-
The Lady or Api apple is one of the oldest varieties in existence.
-
Newton Pippin apples sent to Benjamin Franklin in London in 1768, were the first apples exported from America.
-
In 1730 the first apple nursery was opened in Flushing, New York.
-
One of George Washington’s hobbies was pruning his 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.
-
Apples ripen six to ten times faster at room temperature than if refrigerated.
-
A peck of apples weigh 10.5 pounds.
-
A bushel of apples weighs about 42 pounds and will yield 20-24 quarts of applesauce.
-
Archeologists have found evidence that humans have been enjoying apples since at least 6500 B.C.
-
The world’s largest apple peel was created by Kathy Wafler Madison on October 16, 1976, in Rochester, New York. It was 172 feet, 4 inches long. She was 16 years old at the time and grew up to be a sales manager for an apple tree nursery company.
