September is prime picking season for apples in Colorado. Sure, they taste delicious, and an apple a day will keep the doctor away, but there are a lot of fun facts that we bet you didn't know about these fine fruits. Check out our favorites... and soon you'll be able to impress your friends and family with your apple knowledge!
FUN FACTS ABOUT APPLES
- Pilgrims planted the first United States apple trees in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- Pomology is the science of apple growing.
- The only apple native to North America is the crabapple.
- President George Washington loved to spend time pruning his apple trees.
- Apples were called winter bananas or melt-in-the-mouths in Colonial Times.
- A peck of apples weighs 10.5 pounds, and a bushel of apples weighs about 42 pounds.
- Apples are grown in all 50 states.
- Apple trees typically live to be about 100 years old.
- The apple is the state fruit of Illinois, Washington, Minnesota, West Virginia, New York, and Vermont.
- Red Delicious apples are the most popular in the United States, followed by Golden Delicious and Granny Smith.
- The average apple has 10 seeds.
- Apples float because 25% of an apples volume is air, making them perfect for bobbing.
- Are you afraid of apples? Then you have Malusdomesticaphobia.
- People eat an average of 65 apples a year.
- It takes an apple tree 4-5 years to produce their first fruit.
- One gallon of apple cider requires about 36 apples.
- It takes about two pounds of apples make one 9-inch pie.
- The first apple nursery was opened in 1730 in Flushing, New York.
- The largest apple ever picked weighed three pounds.
- Johnny Appleseed was a real person, and he actually planted apple trees all over the United States. His real name was John Chapman.
Please Note - Unfortunately, many apple crops in Colorado were lost to an early freeze this year. While we are not sharing pick-ur-own locations this year, you can still celebrate Apple Month with your favorite store bought varieties. We hope that the orchards have better luck in 2027.
