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Apples from Farm to Table

Who doesn't like apples? Apples make a sweet, crunchy snack. They're good for you, too. Apples have lots of vitamins.

Look inside an apple. Do you see the seeds? A long time ago, growers took the seeds and planted them. The seeds grew into apple trees. It takes six to ten years before an apple tree grown from seed will produce fruit.

Now, there is a better way to grow apples. New apple trees can grow from pieces of old ones. The process of growing new trees from pieces of old trees is called grafting.

Every spring, flowers grow on the big apple trees. Soon, the flowers fall off. Tiny apples start to grow where the flowers used to be. Most blossoms start out pink and gradually fade to white.