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nApplen seeds contain a compound that is poisonous – cyanide – althoughn you’d have to eat a LOT of seeds to be affected! Plus, the seedsn have a protective coating that probably means it would go throughn your digestive tract with the cyanide compound remaining safelyn inside.n
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nTheren are thousands of varieties of apples! About 2,500 varieties aren grown in the U.S., and about 7,500 varieties are grown throughoutn the world.
(But only about 100 varieties are grownn commercially in the U.S.)
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nWhenn it comes to apple production, “We’re Number 2, we’re Number 2!”n The United States is second in apple production – but Chinan produces more than 8 times as many apples!!!
(Turkey andn Poland are Numbers 3 and 4.)
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nWashington is by FAR the biggest apple producer in the U.S. As a matter of fact, almost 2 out of every 3 apples grown in the U.S. are grown in Washington state!
Sincen I live in California, and I know a lot of places where apples aren grown, I was wondering if we were one of the top two or threen producers of apples. But actually, California is fourth fifth in then nation.
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