10 Facts About Apples

Here are 10 interesting facts you probably didn’t know about apples.

1-More than 2,500 varieties of apples are grown in the United States, but only the crabapple is native to North America.

2-Apples contain no fat, sodium or cholesterol and are a good source of fiber.

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

4-Apples ripen six to 10 times faster at room temperature than if they are refrigerated.

5-Apple varieties range in size from a little larger than a cherry to as large as a grapefruit. The largest apple ever picked weighed 3 pounds.

6-Apples harvested from an average tree can fill 20 boxes that weigh 42 pounds each.

7-Apples are a member of the rose family.

8-The top apple producers around the world are China, United States, Turkey, Poland and Italy. Apples account for 50 percent of international deciduous fruit tree production.

9-A peck of apples weighs 10.5 pounds. A bushel of apples weighs about 42 pounds.

10-It takes about 36 apples to create one gallon of apple cider.