2500 varieties of apples are grown in the United States.

7500 varieties of apples are grown throughout the world.

America’s longest-lived apple tree was reportedly planted in 1647 by Peter Stuyvesant in his Manhattan orchard and was still bearing fruit when a derailed train struck it in 1866.

The largest apple picked weighed three pounds.

In 2005 United States consumers ate an average of 46.1 pounds of fresh apples and processed apple products. That’s a lot of applesauce!

Apples harvested from an average tree can fill 20 boxes that weigh 42 pounds each.

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