APPLES
- More than half of all the apples grown in the United States for fresh eating are grown in Washington State.
- The apples from one tree can fill 20 boxes every year. Each box weighs 42 pounds.
- Apples are members of the rose family
- There are more than 7,500 varieties of apples grown worldwide.
- The most popular lvariety of apple in the United Staes is Red Delicious
- Fresh apples float. Do you know why? It's because 25 percent of thier volume is air!
- Americans eat an average of 19.6 pounds of fresh apples each year.
- One medium apple counts as one serving of fruit and contains just 70 calories and is a good source of dietray fiber and vitamin C.
- The Spanish word for apple is manzana
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