Types of Apples

   In the world their are many many types of apple. Some popular ones are:

• Granny Smiths
• Pink Lady
• Honey Crisp
• Golden Delicious
• Rubens
• Malus

   There are more than 7,500 different types of apples grown in the world.
2,500 of them are grown in the USA. They can come in a variety of colours e.g. red, green, yellow and golden.

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   Dark red apples usually have a thick outer layer (skin), but golden apples usually have a thin skin and taste much sweeter than the dark red.

 

Pink Lady:

 

   These apples are hand picked individually to decrease the amount of damage done to it if it was machined or fell to the ground. Pink ladies are a pink/red colour, to identify a pink lady apple it will have a sticker stuck on the side of it like this:

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 Granny Smith:

 

   These apples are a lime green and came from Australia. It has a thin layer of skin and has a more sour taste than a pink lady apple.  

 

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Info on Apples

   The apples tree was one of the first plants to be produced by humans. Apples are from deciduous trees, and came to  North America in the 17th Century by colonists. In the story of Adam and Eve the fruit that was forbidden was the apple. In 2010 around 69 million tonnes of apples were produced half of that being from China.

    Apple Production

   Years ago apples grew by themsleves by the seeds leaving the apples and germinating to form a new apple tree. Nowadays humans create apple farms and harvest them manually or by machine. Apples are produced in huge numbers nowadays, 69 million tonnes were produced worldwide in 2010. There are so many types of apples and many different types are produced all over the world. China produces the most apples in the world with over 50%. In America 60% of all apples grown and sold commercially are grown in Washington State.
Statistics: For Apple Production in 2010

1. China - 33 265 186 Tonnes
2. USA - 4 212 330 Tonnes
3. Turkey - 2 600 000
4. Italy - 2 204 970

From this we see that China is definitely the main producer, with USA far behind and then Turkey and Italy.

http://www.four-h.purdue.edu/apple_genomics/stats.html

Introduction to Apple Inc

Hi my name is Rachel and my blog will be on apples. I am going to focus on the journey of an apple from a farm to your house. I will be looking at different types of apples too.                                                                Image from:

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