Facts About Apples

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1 – Apples are the most popular fruit in the world. They grow on trees and there are over 7,500 apple varieties.

2 – The most popular apples in America are the Red Delicious and Golden Delicious. Red Delicious apples have a sweet-tart flavor and crispy texture. Golden Delicious apples have a buttery flavor with a honey sweetness.

3 – Apples have been around for centuries – archaeologists found seeds from wild apples dating back to 4000 BC!

4 – The word “apple” comes from the Old English word for apple, which is “æppel”

5 – In France, they call apples pommes and in Italy they call them mela.

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6 – One medium size apple has about 95 calories, 25 grams carbohydrates, 19 grams of naturally occurring sugar, 0 grams of fat, 3 grams of fiber and 1 gram of protein.

7 – In 17th century England, people used to use an apple as a form of payment for their debts.

8 – A single tree can produce up to 250 pounds of apples each year.

9 – Apple seeds actually seeds contain amygdalin which is a substance that releases contain cyanide! However, a lethal amount of cyanide is around 50-300mg while apple has about 0.6grams of hydrogen cyanide per gram.

10 – In America’s early history apples were used to make cider which people drank as an alternative to water because they didn’t know about bacteria yet.

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11 – Apples have been used as symbols for love, fertility, and knowledge since ancient times.

12 – In ancient Greece, apples were considered sacred to Dionysus – god of wine and theater.

13 – Apples are a good source of potassium, vitamin C, and fiber.

14 – The first apple orchard was planted in 1730.

15 -The top five most popular apples are: gala, Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Fuji and Golden Delicious.

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16 – Honeycrisp is one of the newest types of apple trees to be developed – it’s sweeter than other types, but also crisper and crunchier.

17 – Apples originated in the Caucasus Mountains and were believed to be first cultivated by humans around 8,000 BC.

18 – The Golden Delicious apple was developed at an experimental farm in Geneva, New York in 1922 by Walter Totten and his son Elbert Totten.

19 – The first recorded use of an apple as a symbol was by Eve in the Garden of Eden.

20 – Red Delicious apples were developed by a horticulturist named Jesse Hiatt in 1872 at his farm called Orchard near Peru, Iowa.

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21 – The average apples only contains about 5 to 8 seeds.

22 – The saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” stems from the fact that apples contain pectin which helps lower cholesterol levels and reduce high blood pressure as well as being rich in nutrients andfibre that helps keep your digestive system healthy.

23 – The apple is a member of the rose family and has been cultivated since at least 3000 BC.

24 – The most popular variety of apples, Granny Smith apples, were discovered by Maria Ann Smith in Australia in 1868.

25 – The first written reference to an apple was found by archaeologists in 2000 BC on a Sumerian tablet.

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