It is unlikely that today there is a person who has never heard of an apple, because this fruit is distributed almost throughout the globe. Its popularity is indicated by at least the fact that in the world there are several thousand varieties and almost half of the garden trees are apple trees. By the way, the largest apple in the world was also grown in the garden.
Record-breaking apple
The distant ancestors of modern apples, given their dwarf size, could not claim the title of champions among fruits. Until now, in our forests you can find wild apple trees with small fruits and tart-sour taste. More than one millennium passed, while mankind learned to breed large varieties by selection.
True, in order to grow the largest apple in the world, you need not only to choose the desired variety, but also to know how to achieve this. This is what Japanese gardener Chisato Iwasaki, who devoted himself to growing giant fruits, many of which are exported, does.
“Apple” business is a profitable business in Asia, as large fruits are presented as a gift to very respected people. The price of a fragrant fruit weighing one kilogram can reach 1000 dollars.
Japanese C. Iwasaki, having been gardening for more than one year, knows how to care for an apple tree so that it bears big fruits. Proof of this is the largest apple in the world weighing 1,849 kg, which he plucked from a branch in October 2005.
On and without scales
Of course, ordinary apples lying on our shelves have a very modest weight compared to the Japanese giant. If the diameter of the latter was equal to the girth of the head of an adult, then an apple purchased at the market on average weighs 180 g. This is if with a peel, and without it, 40 grams less.
Most of all, the weight of fruits is of interest to those who seek to count calories. Weighing an apple every time is a tedious task, so for simplicity of calculation, you can estimate by eye.
For example, if a fruit is placed in a ring formed by the middle and thumb, then its weight is approximately 200 grams. A small apple with a diameter of a matchbox weighs about 80 grams. A medium-sized fruit, located in the ring between the index and thumb, is 130 g.
Of course, there are giant fruits. The weight of an apple primarily depends on the variety, as well as on the care. An experienced gardener from the Khabarovsk Territory, Vladimir Zangiev, collects fruits weighing up to 350 grams from a dwarf Japanese apple tree.
In the world of giants
An apple, without a doubt, a fruit very popular since antiquity. Let us recall even the apple of discord that led to the Trojan War, and the phrase itself has long become a household word. In modern Britain, even a holiday dedicated to aromatic fruit has been established.
Is it any wonder then to learn that in many countries there are sculptures that represent giant apples. In the USA, for example, in addition to the crystal apple, which is located at the entrance to the store of the famous Apple brand, at several times several more monuments were erected in honor of the country's favorite fruit.
In Russia, apples are also at a premium. One of the sculptures is located in the center of Kursk as a tribute to the local Antonovka variety, which was delivered from here to the table of Catherine the Great. The weight of the monument is 150 kg, perhaps this is not the largest apple in the world among the sculptural images, but, you must agree, is also impressive.