Apples are rich in minerals and vitamins. Let’s see more interesting things about Apple? ‘Eat an apple every day..! The phrase ‘good for the body, avoid the doctor’ is often used. Do you know the place and incident that underpinned this saying..?
China used to be the number one producer of apples. America was second. In the 1880s, red apple trees were planted all over the United States. Many new varieties of apples were also developed through agricultural grafting.
The ‘Ben Davies’ variety of apple thrived in all the harsh weather conditions. This apple alone produced a lot. Centuries later, in the 1980s, the red apple ‘Red Delicious’ was produced in Washington, DC. Then they campaigned to eat red apple.
This later evolved into an ‘eat a red apple every day’ day. Well, let this incident be. Apples are rich in minerals and vitamins. Let’s see more interesting things about Apple?
* There are about 7,500 varieties of apples. 75 percent of India’s apples are grown in Jammu and Kashmir.
* Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, McIntosh, Lal Ambri, Saubhatia Anupam are apple varieties grown in India.
* In Kazakhstan, there is a forest full of apple trees in the city of Almaty. The name of the town means ‘father of apples’.
* The skin contains more nutrients than the fruit. So when you eat apples, eat them with the skin.
* Like humans, animals like horses, monkeys, chimpanzees, bears, rabbits also like to eat apples.
* When visiting elders in China, they buy apples to pay respect. If you put an apple in water, it will float. This is because an apple is 25 percent filled with air.