Apple fruit - the most common fruit

Probably there will not be a person on the planet,who would not know the name of the fruit of the apple tree - a tree from the sort of deciduous trees. This is the most common fruit of a spherical shape with a sweet or sour taste, which has gained worldwide fame. In the spring, this garden culture pleases with its delicate flowering, and in autumn the tasty fruit of the apple tree appears on the table. This made her the most beloved tree in folklore and folk traditions. It symbolizes wisdom and knowledge. Maybe that's why in Russian fairy tales so many plots are born that are associated with this tree.

Yablonu experts consider the main fruitculture in temperate latitudes. It's not for nothing that ancient legends and legends have come down to us, telling us about juvenile apples, bringing people back to youth and giving health. They say that even honey collected from an apiary, surrounded by gardens of this tree, has special medicinal qualities.

The British have a saying that if you eat apple fruits every day, then the road to the doctor is ordered.

The genus of apple trees has more than thirty species. The most common are the cultural, or domestic, which includes many cultivated on the planet varieties: plum, low, Chinese, etc.

Some varieties of this fruit tree are grown as decorative in parks and gardens, and apple trees with small fruits - rannets - grows even in severe Siberian conditions.

These fruits are red, yellow, green ormixed colors can have the size of a pea, and sometimes they reach a diameter of fifteen centimeters. By the time of ripening, there are varieties of summer, winter, autumn, while late have excellent resistance.

In summer varieties, apple fruits are obtainedconsumer maturity immediately after their collection from the tree. Under normal conditions, they are stored for no more than twenty days. The fruits of apple-trees of autumn species remain fresh for two months, and the winter ripen only in the process of cultivation. Their possible shelf life is up to six months.

Almost all varieties of this fruit tree are cross-pollinated.

Apples contain many different acids - lemon,wine, etc., as well as sucrose and glucose. In addition, they contain just a storehouse of vitamins, essential oil, as well as tannic and pectin substances. The fruits of the apple tree are very useful to those people who do not have enough potassium or calcium, magnesium, etc. in the body.

They are used both fresh anddried fruits. Apples are also suitable for recycling: from them you get excellent juice or compote, jelly or fruit wine, and jam. Due to the increased content of pectin jam, jelly, jam and mousse of them are simply unique.

Dried apple fruits are the sourceeasily digestible sugar and trace elements. At the same time in seeds, even one piece of this amazing and so dear to each fruit contains almost daily norm of iodine.

Of apples are prepared vinegar, widely used notonly in folk medicine, but also in the food industry. It contains a lot of valuable minerals and organic acids. Apple cider vinegar reduces appetite, stimulating metabolism, so it is successfully used in the treatment of obesity.