September is Apple Month
Did you know there are 7500 varieties of apples grown worldwide?
2500 varieties are grown in the United States.
How many can you name?
Fun Facts
Apples are members of the rose family. Crabapples are the only apple native to the United States.
Apple seeds grow different kinds of apple trees from the parent plants. So if a gardener wants to grow a favorite type of apple he or she must use a technique called grafting. Grafting in a nutshell is fusing two plants together. For apples, a gardener inserts a stem with leaf buds into another tree.
Here is a detailed guide with pictures from Washington State University
http://www.ncw.wsu.edu/treefruit/graft/
Nutrition
AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY!
Diets high in fruits and vegetables decrease a person's risk of developing chronic diseases like heart disease, cancer, asthma. Remember it is no guarantee but the closest thing we have to a silver bullet.
Diets high in fruits and vegetables decrease a person's risk of developing chronic diseases like heart disease, cancer, asthma. Remember it is no guarantee but the closest thing we have to a silver bullet.
Apples are full of antioxidants and phyto-chemicals that support health in a variety of ways.
Find out more on antioxidants and phyto-chemicals on separate posts.
Find out more on antioxidants and phyto-chemicals on separate posts.
High in fiber- a medium apple has 4 grams of fiber! Fiber supports heart and digestive health.
Source of vitamin C
Eat apples whole to get the most of what they can offer. Cloudy apple juice has more flavonoids then clear filtered juice.
Apple related music
An apple a day Patty Biscoe
Johnny Appleseed Gene Autry
Johnny Appleseed Joe Strummer
The Old Apple Tree Molly and Jack Tuttle
Don't sit under the apple tree The Andrews Sisters
Stories/Characters
Johnny Appleseed
William Tell
Magic Apple
Links of interest
www.allaboutapples.com
www.bestapples.com
www.healthychoices.org
www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org
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