To which plant family do apples belong?

The Rose Family.

• Washington state grows the most apples in the U.S.
• The apples from one tree can fill 20 boxes every year.
• Fresh apples float because 25 percent of their volume is air.
• In the winter, apple trees need to “rest” for about 900-1,000 hours below 45 degrees Fahrenheit in order to flower and fruit properly.
• If you grew 100 apple trees from the seeds of one tree, they would all be different.
• Apples are high in fiber.
• There are more than 7,000 varieties of apples grown in the world.

Source: Agday.org

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