June 8, 2012

Did You Know. . .

that archeologists have found evidence that people have had apples as part of their diet since at least 6500 B.C.?

that the apple tree originated in an area between the Black and the Caspian Sea?

that apples were the favorite fruit of ancient Greeks and Romans?
 
that the crabapple is the only apple native to North America?

that China is the largest producer of apples, followed by the United States, Turkey, Poland and Italy?

that the apple thought to have struck Sir Isaac Newton was the "Flower of Kent" which is a large green skinned apple?

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