- It takes approximately 2 pounds of apples to make one 9-inch pie.
- Apples are fat, sodium, and cholesterol free.
- A medium apple is about 80 calories.
- Apples are a great source of fiber pectin. One apple has 5 grams of fiber.
- Most apples are picked by hand in the Fall.
- Apples are a member of the rose family! So guys, buy a bag of apples from Donnie Appleseed Orchard for your anniversary or not :)
- It takes the energy from 50 leaves to produce one apple.
- Apples ripen six to ten times faster at room temperature than if they were refrigerated.
- It takes about 36 apples to produce one gallon of apple cider.
- In 2005, United States consumers ate an average of 46.1 pounds of fresh apples and processed apple products.
- In 2005, there were 7,500 apple growers with orchards covering 379,000 acres.
- Some apple trees have a life expectancy of over 100 years!
- Apples are native to Central Asia.
- Which apple varieties originated in Native America? Answer--- Only one, the Crabapple. All the varieties we are accustomed to today came from the old world.
- Apples can improve your memory!
- Eating an apple before bed can help cleanse your teeth and it has been said that it will help whiten your teeth as well.
- Humans have been eating apples for some time now --- from as far back as 6500 B.C.!
- The most famous saying involving an apple is "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." The original old English adage was "To eat an apple before going to bed, will make the doctor beg for his bread."
- We can count the number of seeds in an apple only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
