Apple Facts

An apple a day, keeps doctor away! Here are some very interesting facts about the apples.

• Apples come in all shades of reds, greens, and yellows.

• Two pounds of apples make one 9-inch pie.

• 7,500 varieties of apples are grown throughout the world.

• Apples are fat, sodium, and cholesterol free.

• A medium apple is about 80 calories.

• Apples are a great source of the fibre pectin. One apple has five grams of fibre.

• The science of apple growing is called pomology.

• Apple trees take four to five years to produce their first fruit.

• The apple tree originated in an area between the Caspian and the Black Sea.

• Apples were the favourite fruit of ancient Greeks and Romans.

• The largest apple picked weighed three pounds.

• Europeans eat about 46 pounds of apples annually.

• Some apple trees will grow over 40 feet high and live over 100 years.

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

• World's top apple producers are China, United States, Turkey, Poland and Italy.

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