We love playing the card game “Apples to Apples” with our grandchildren. Well, we enjoy playing it with anyone. We also enjoy good, tasty apples. September speaks apples. Did you know?
Archeologists have found evidence that humans have been eating apples since at least 6500 B.C.
The apple tree originated in an area between the Caspian and the Black Sea
In colonial times apples were called winter banana or melt-in-your-mouth
The science of apple growing is called pomology
It takes about 36 apples to create one gallon of apple cider
The world’s top apple producers are China, United States, Turkey, Poland, and Italy
The apple variety ‘Red Delicious’ is the most widely grown in the USA with 62 million bushels harvested in 2005
Many hybrids and cultivars have been developed, giving us the 7,000 varieties in the market today
In Norse mythology, a magic apple was said to keep people young forever. (Ever hear the saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away?”)
If you want to learn more about apples click on APPLE.
The apple tree originated in an area between the Caspian and the Black Sea
In colonial times apples were called winter banana or melt-in-your-mouth
The science of apple growing is called pomology
It takes about 36 apples to create one gallon of apple cider
The world’s top apple producers are China, United States, Turkey, Poland, and Italy
The apple variety ‘Red Delicious’ is the most widely grown in the USA with 62 million bushels harvested in 2005
Many hybrids and cultivars have been developed, giving us the 7,000 varieties in the market today
In Norse mythology, a magic apple was said to keep people young forever. (Ever hear the saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away?”)
If you want to learn more about apples click on APPLE.
To celebrate APPLES, we have a give-a-way. One entry per person. To qualify, you must leave a comment and tell us what your favorite variety of apple is. Good luck everyone!
The winner gets a yummy “Breakfast Basket” from Apple Barn which contains: 1-12oz. Apple Syrup, 1-1/2 pt. Apple Butter, 1 Apple Cinnamon Pancake Mix, 1 Spiced Apple Cider Drink mix (1oz packet), 1-Double Apple Muffin Mix, 1-jar Fried Apples.
The winner gets a yummy “Breakfast Basket” from Apple Barn which contains: 1-12oz. Apple Syrup, 1-1/2 pt. Apple Butter, 1 Apple Cinnamon Pancake Mix, 1 Spiced Apple Cider Drink mix (1oz packet), 1-Double Apple Muffin Mix, 1-jar Fried Apples.
8 comments:
Gala - but has to be fresh from the farmers market. The small kind that a kid can actually finish. We have a drawer full right now -yum
My family's favorites are a tie between Fuji and Gala. Sydney has been requesting Granny Smith lately. Also ipods are our favorite apple.
mom, do these fun facts by any chance come from a manilla folder labeled "Apple (food)" full of yellowing newspaper clippings and being kept in a drawer marked "Aardvark - Cassiopeia" in a locked steel file cabinet in the office next to the IBM Selectric?
btw, i like granny smith (1867).
(red "delicious" tastes like dental work to me)
Gala apples are my favorite!
Another vote for gala, or any that are multi-colored really. Ditto on the red not-delicious Joel. Some lady in the store once spent a long time telling me how great pink ladies were. She was so convincing I brought a few home only to discover she was wrong.
My family does the Gala. Though a nice Granny Smith is nice, especially in a salad.
I was just about to put in a good word for Pink Ladies..... Lori! ;-) You should give them a second chance.... tart and delicious. At least the ones from Buffulo Foods.
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