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Growers expect fewer fruits this apple season

The Massachusetts apple harvest will be smaller this year, but New Englanders who flock to orchards this fall, keen on picking their own crisp fruits, may not notice it, growers say. A hard frost in late spring killed off many apple blos [...]

Posted On : Sep, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Apple is not the forbidden fruit

Apples have been used to symbolise human emotions and temptations through religion, mythology and folktales. Love, beauty, health, sexuality, pleasure and wealth have all been linked to apples. Eve’s apple was Adam’s temptation [...]

Posted On : Nov, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Williams to promote fruits of province in the Big Apple

Premier Danny Williams will host a luncheon in New York Monday to promote Newfoundland and Labrador's trade and investment opportunities. Williams will be joined in New York by Natural Resources Minister Kathy Dunderdale and Nalcor Energy p [...]

Posted On : Nov, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

Ask Monty: Why will my beautiful apple tree only fruit on th...

Q I have a beautiful apple tree that i have always pruned back to 4ft tall. This year, though, it has only fruited on the bottom branches. Have i done something wrong? Mrs Godwin, Calne, Wiltshire A Most apples fruit on spurs formed on the [...]

Posted On : Nov, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

History and Benefits of Custard Apple

History---The Apple is a fruit of the temperate zones and only reaches perfection in their cooler regions. It is a fruit of long descent and in the Swiss lake-dwellings small apples have been found, completely charred but still showing the [...]

Posted On : Oct, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Today's Health Tip: Apples, the fall fruit

Whoever coined this phrase was right; apples certainly do pack a nutritional punch. They are rich in phytochemicals (a chemical compound that may positively affect health) and dietary fiber. Best of all, they are one of the fruits you can f [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Italy, apple is the most loved organic fruit

Organic apples win Italians' hearts, as apple is the most sold among "natural" fruits, with a percentage of more than 14% over the total. Oranges, pears, peaches and grapes follow behind, with market shares ranging from 8 to 5%, a [...]

Posted On : Sep, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

An apple a day is 'even more important for a healthy diet', ...

Scientists have analysed the properties of fruits - including apples, peaches and nectarines - and found levels of a key antioxidant was previously underestimated. A study by an international team at the Institute of Food Research in Norwic [...]

Posted On : Sep, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

Healthy Recipes For Healthy Living Includes The Apple

The apple was the first fruit mentioned in the bible, not always allowing the noble apple to prove the life enhancing powers it does possess. The pectin in the reddest apples has among the most antioxidants of any natural food. Science cont [...]