Apple Trees

Today we received an apple tree for our garden, so we decided to write our blog post about apple tress. 



The life cycle of an apple tree


The tree begins as a seed. You need to plant the seed in a decent sized plant pot. It will need to be watered especially on days when there is no rain. You will also need to put it in a good place in your garden so animals like dogs can’t get it. You shouldn't really have the tree inside because you don't know how big the tree will grow.


Next it will turn into a seedling. You don’t have to do anything to it at this point because it doesn’t have apples on it yet so nothing needs done. All you need to do is keep on watering it.

It will then turn into a sapling, again keep on watering it and we forgot to mention talk to it so it will grow quicker. There is research that suggests plants grow quicker when you talk to them or play them music.


it will then grow into a tree, eventually it will produce apples and then you can do anything with them.





There are lots of different apple trees here are a few of them


Pink pearl apple tree

Ambrosia apple tree

Aksana black

Winsap

Opel

Cortland

New town pippen

Granny smith 

Grimes golden

Royal gala apple trees

Wiltershire

Red love apples

Sweet tango

Cameo




10 amazing facts about apples

1) Apples contain no fat, sodium or cholesterol and are a good source of fiber.

 

2) Apple trees take 4 to 5 years to produce their first fruit


3) Apples ripen six to 10 times faster at room temperature than if they are refrigerated.


4) Apple varieties range in size from a little larger than a cherry to as large as a grapefruit. The largest apple ever picked weighed 3 pounds.


5) More than 2,500 varieties of apples are grown in the United States, but only the crabapple is native to North America.


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


7) Apples are a member of the rose family


8) The top apple producers around the world are China, United States, Turkey, Poland and Italy. Apples account for 50 percent of international deciduous fruit tree production.

9) A peck of apples weighs 10.5 pounds. A bushel of apples weighs about 42 pounds.

10) It takes about 36 apples to create one gallon of apple cider.




Our favourite apples

Theo: I really like the granny smiths apples 


Ella: I like granny smiths apples and I like the royal gala 


Henry: Apples are red, I love them.








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