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Apple Facts
- There are 7,500 different apple varieties worldwide, and 2,500 grow in the U.S.
- Apples are grown commercially in 36 states. The top apple-growing states are Washington, New York, Michigan, California, Pennsylvania and Virginia
- The state fruit of New York is the apple
- The state flower of Michigan is the apple blossom
- Apples can be as small as a cherry or as large as a grapefruit
- Apple trees don't grow from seeds — they are grafted or budded
- Apple trees can live to be 100 years old
- Most apples have only five seeds, but some may have as many as 10 and others may have no seeds at all
- In 2001, per capita consumption of fresh and processed apples was 45 pounds
- Sixty-one percent of apples are eaten fresh and 39 percent are processed into juice and sauce
- Red Delicious is the most widely grown apple followed by Golden Delicious
- It takes about 10 medium-sized apples to make a 24-oz jar of Mott's® apple sauce
- It takes about 20 medium apples to make a 64-oz bottle of Mott's apple juice
- Mott's uses about a billion apples each year to make apple sauce and apple juice
- Mott's purchases up to 30 percent of the New York apple crop each year
- Mott's purchases about 10 percent of the Pennsylvania apple crop each year