FUN FACTS ABOUT APPLES
- Two pounds of apples make on 9 – inch pie.
- 2,500 varieties of apples are grown in the United States.
- 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 ripen 6 to 10 times faster at room temperature than if they were refrigerated.
- Don’t peel your apple. Two-thirds of the fiber and lots of antioxidants are found in the peel. Antioxidants help to reduce damage to cells, which can trigger some diseases.
- National Apple Month is the only national, generic apple promotion conducted in the United States. Originally founded in 1904 as National Apple Week, it was expanded in 1996 to a three-month promotional window from September-November
- 25% of an apple is air, which is why they float.
- The largest apple ever picked weighed three pounds, two ounces.
- The apple tree originated in an area between the Caspian and the Black Sea.
