Book Description Apples, ho! When Papa decides to pull up roots and move from Iowa to Oregon, he can't bear to leave his precious apple trees behind Or his peaches, plums, grapes, cherries, and pears Oh, аогсдand he takes his family along tooBut the trail is cruel -- first there's a river to cross that's wider than Texasand then there are hailstones as big as plumsand there's even a drought, sure to crisp the cherries Those poor pippins! Luckily Delicious (the nonedбажбяible apple of Daddy's eye) is strong -- as young 'uns raised on apples are -- and won't let anything stop her father's darling saps from tasting the sweet Oregon soil Here's a hilarious tall tale -- from the team that brought you Fannie in the Kitchen -- that's loosely based on the life of a real fruiting pioneer Apple Facts More than 7,500 varieties of apples are grown throughout the world About 2,500 varieties grow in the United States The apple variety Delicious is the mosбнбжпt widely grown in the United States Apples are part of the rose family The science of fruit growing is called pomology Fresh apples float That's because 25 percent of their volume is air Cut an apple in half, across the core, and you'll see a star shape It takes apple trees four to five years to produce their first fruit It takes about thirty-six apples to make one gallon of apple cider.