Apple Anatomy
This is the colorful outer layer of the apple that protects it and can be red, green, or yellow
What is the skin (or peel)?
This classic, warm dessert features a flaky crust filled with sliced apples and cinnamon, often served with vanilla ice cream
What is apple pie?
This is the specific name for a farm or a large group of trees where apples are grown
What is an orchard?
Named for its bright, beautiful color, this incredibly popular variety is famous for being deep red and sweet
What is Red Delicious?
According to a famous saying, eating one of these a day "keeps the doctor away."
What is an apple?
Located right in the very center of the apple, this tough part holds all the seeds
What is the core?
This is a smooth, mashable treat made by boiling down apples with water or cider, often packed in lunchboxes
What is applesauce?
This is the season of the year when most apples become perfectly ripe and are ready to be picked
What is autumn (or fall)?
This variety is bright green, extremely tart, and has a name that sounds like a relative
What is Granny Smith?
This is a classic fall party game where you try to grab floating apples out of a bucket of water using only your teeth
What is bobbing for apples?
This woody little part sticks out of the top of the apple and is what connects it to the tree branch
What is the stem?
This popular fall treat is a whole apple on a stick rolled in a sticky, sweet, brown sugary coating
What is a caramel apple?
Before an apple can grow, the tree must sprout these beautiful, pinkish-white flowers in the spring
What are blossoms?
This super crunchy and sweet variety has a name that sounds like a buzzing insect that makes sweet syrup
What is Honeycrisp?
This American folk hero traveled across the country wearing a tin pot on his head, planting apple seeds everywhere he went
Who is Johnny Appleseed?
This is the juicy, crunchy part of the apple under the skin that you actually eat
What is the flesh?
This is a warm, spiced, unfiltered apple drink that people love to sip at pumpkin patches and hayrides
What is apple cider?
These buzzing insects are super important because they pollinate the apple blossoms so fruit can form
What are bees?
This variety shares its name with a famous, high, snow-capped mountain in Japan
What is Fuji?
In the famous fairy tale, this princess falls into a deep sleep after taking a bite of a poisoned red apple given to her by a witch
Who is Snow White?
Apples need these tiny green parts on the tree to breathe and soak up sunlight so the fruit can grow
What are leaves?
This baked dessert has a sweet, crumbly topping usually made of oats, brown sugar, and butter layered over sliced apples
What is apple crisp?
It takes about this many years for a newly planted apple tree to finally grow its very first piece of fruit
What is 4 to 5 years?
This yellow-gold apple variety shares half its name with the famous red one, but it isn't related at all
What is Golden Delicious?
Because they contain a lot of this invisible element trapped inside them, apples are able to float perfectly in water
What is air?
(Did you know: Apples are made of 25% air!)