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December first is Eat a Red Apple Day. In honor of the day, here are a few fun apple facts:

There are over 7,000 varieties of apples.

Only 100 types of apples are commercially grown in the U.S.

90% of all apples grown here are either Red Delicious, Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, or Fuji.

If you stick an apple in your potato bin, it can keep the potatoes from sprouting.

The only type of apple native to the Americas is the crabapple.

Apples are thought to have originated in the area between the Caspian and Black Seas.

The average American eats about nineteen pounds of fresh apples in a year; about one apple per week.

Apples are a member of the rose family.

An apple a day may not keep the doctor away, but eating apples can help you avoid strokes, cancer and heart disease.