How bout them apples?

Apples and Pears, both of which we grow at Hurds Family farm, are botanically known as

Pomes

False Fruits

Both

Neither

What is a Pome?

A piece of writing that usually has figurative language and that is written in separate lines that often have a repeated rhythm and sometimes rhyme.

A fleshy simple fruit that has several seed chambers developed from a compound ovary and an outer fleshy part developed from the enlarged base of the flower.

A fruit that comes from flowers and turns to pulp when mashed

All of the above

Why do apples float? There air is located between the cells of the fruit but when the apple is cooked these cells collapse forcing the air out and explaining the softer texture of a cooked apple. What percent of a raw apple is air?

Less than 5%

10-15%

20-25%

More than 30%

About how many apples does it take to make a gallon of apple cider?

None of the above

How many years does it take for an apple tree to produce an apple?

1 year

2 years

3 years

Over 4 years

Apple varieties range in size from a little larger than a cherry to as large as a grapefruit. How much did the biggest apple on record weigh?

1 pound

2 pounds

More than 3 pounds

We recommend storing apples in the fridge because they ripen much faster at room temperature, how much faster?

Twice as fast

5 times faster

More than 5 times faster

Apple trees can live for more than 100 years. A celebrated pear tree in Danvers, Mass. Still bears fruit at the ripe old age of ….?

150 years

200 years

300 years

More than 350 years

How bout them apples?

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