Juicy Facts : Apples
Apples - Let us re-ignite your passion for this underappreciated staple fruit.
Here are a few interesting facts to get you excited again about enjoying this convenient snack food:
• The science of apple growing is called pomology.
• Most apples are still picked by hand in the fall.
• Apples are a member of the rose family.
• 25 percent of an apple's volume is air - that is why they float!
• The largest apple ever picked weighed three pounds.
• It takes the energy from 50 leaves to produce one apple.