APPLE

PARTS OF THE APPLE

PETIOLE

STALK CAVATY

PEEL

CALYX

PULP

SEED

PROPRIETIES• AN APPLE HAS 40 CALORIES AND 10 GRAMS

OF SUGAR AND HAS POTASSIUM AND VITAMIN B

• EVERY 100 GRAMS OF APPLE CONTAIN 85 GRAMS OF WATER, 11 OF SUGAR ,FIBER AND 4 GRAMS OF MINERAL SALTS ,POTASSIUM CALCIUM ,SODIUM ,MAGNESIUM ,IRON SULFUR, COPPER, ZINC, SILICON.

• THE APPLE IS RICH IN VITAMINS, C, PP, B1, B.

WHY IS THE APPLE RECOMMENDED ?

• THE APPLE IS RECOMMENDED TO OLDER PEOPLE BECAUSE EASILY DIGESTIBLE AND HELPS OUR BODY IN SOME PHASES SUCH AS BREATHING AND BURN CHOLESTEROL. IT ALSO HELPS OUR INTESTINES BECAUSE IT CONTAINS FIBER AND KEEPS YOUR BLOOD SUGAR UNDER CONTROL.

TYPES OF APPLES

PROVERB

AN APPLE A DAY TAKES

THE DOCTOR AWAY

A VISIT TO THE APPLE PLANTATION IN MONTOPOLI

IT’ S A FARM NEAR OUR SCHOOL WHOSE NAME IS ‘THE KINGDOM OF THE APPLES’ WHICH MAINLY PRODUCES APPLES BUT ALSO PEARS. THERE ARE SEVEN DIFFERENT KINDS OF APPLES AND THE TREES NEED CONTINUOUS ATTENTION ALL THE YEAR ROUND.

THE PICKING OF THE FRUITS IS HAND-MADE AND STARTS FROM HALF AUGUST TO THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER. THE FARM HAS THREE WORKERS AND 65 TEMPORARY PEOPLE AT THE TIME OF THE PICKING

APPLES ARE SOLD IN THE GREAT DISTRIBUTION, IN THE OPEN

MARKETS AND IN LOCAL GREENGROCERS