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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