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Apple trivia

Wow someone with your knowledge of your favourite fruit with these top ten apple facts

  • The apple has a unique place in our hearts - after all, according to religious belief, a piece of the forbidden apple stuck in Adam's throat, which is how the lump in the front of the neck became known as 'Adam's Apple'.

  • Apples originated in the Middle East more than 4000 years ago

  • The Celtic word for apple, abhall, is still used in many place-names, and some towns and cities have particular associations with fruit trees Norwich was described in Tudor times as 'either a city in an orchard or an orchard in a city'.

  • About 4% of an apple is made up of vitamins and minerals. The rest of the apple, more than 80%, is made up of water.

  • In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage; catching it was acceptance.

  • The apples from one tree can fill 20 boxes every year. Each box weighs an average 42 pounds.

  • Fresh apples float because 25 percent of their volume is air.

  • Drinks made from the fermented juice of apples and pears were recorded by the Romans, but cider was probably known much earlier, at least by the Bronze Age.
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