Facts And Fun Stuffs About Apple

Apples-Facts :

The average size apple weighs about 5.5 ounces.

1 bushel = 4 whole barrel = £ 42. (approx)

The average apple has: Calories: 80, Carbohydrates: 18 grams Protein: 0.3 grams Fat: 0.5 grams, Dietary Fiber: 5 grams, cholesterol: 0, Sodium: 0, Potassium: 170 milligrams (about)

Cider can be stored for a longer period if they are kept just above 32 degrees Fahrenheit. It will keep for a year or more if frozen in plastic jugs; draw some cider to make room for expansion.

It takes roughly two pounds of apples to make one nine inch pie.

Cut an apple in half (across the core) and you will see a star!

Famous apple growers : Willard Scott, NBC's "Today Show" weatherman, Dick enberg, NBC sports caster and Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson (used for commercial apple tree with one another for grafting purposes).

According to the Guinness Book of Records, the largest ever apple plucked from a tree, weighed three pounds, two ounces.

According to Country Living Gardener magazine, archaeologists have found evidence that people have enjoyed apples since at least 6500 BC

Around 300 different apple varieties grown in the U.S. You can find apples grown in many climates across the U.S.

Fun Stuff About Apples :

Famous apple growers: Willard Scott, NBC's "Today Show" weatherman, Dick enberg, NBC sports caster (who grew up in a Michigan apple farm near Armada), and Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson (used for commercial apple tree with one another for grafting purposes ).

The Paula Red Apple black, was discovered around 1960 in the vicinity of some McIntosh trees at grower Lewis Arends of Sparta, Michigan. Mr. Arends named the new variety after his wife Pauline. Paula Red is a short-season apple is typically available through early October.

The Ginger Gold apple varieties planted in the growing number of Michigan farmers, apparently owes its start to Hurricane Camille, which roared through Virginia in 1969. The hurricane destroyed much of the plantation, Virginia growers Clyde and Ginger Harvey. Several years later, they found a tree that had grown from a seed that had apparently been washed into the orchard from elsewhere, perhaps in connection with the storm. They called it black after Mrs. Harvey.

According to legend, the Esopus Spitzenburg apple varieties Thomas Jefferson's favorite apple. Spitzenburg believed to be a parent of Jonathan apple variety. Although not found in many grocery stores, you can sometimes see Spitzenburg apples at the farm markets and roadside stands.

Today about 300 different apple varieties grown in the U.S. You can find apples grown in many climates across the U.S. - in deserts, mountains, plains, river valleys, and of course, along the Great Lakes.

Chenango Strawberry, Winter Banana, pineapple Pitmaston, Kid's Orange Red, Ashmead's Kernel, Ben Davis, Holstein, Summer Rambo, Liberty, and Hawaii are just a few of the many names for apples! Thousands of other Apple different names have been registered in horticultural journals throughout history.