Surely there will not be a person on the planet who does not know the name of the fruit of an apple tree - a tree from the genus deciduous. This is the most common spherical fruit with a sweet or sour taste that has earned worldwide fame. In the spring, this garden culture pleases with its delicate flowering, and in the autumn, delicious apple fruits appear on the table. That is what made her the most beloved tree in folklore and folk traditions. It symbolizes wisdom and knowledge. Maybe that’s why in Russian fairy tales stories are often born that are connected with this particular tree.
Specialists consider the apple tree to be the main fruit crop in temperate latitudes. It is not without reason that legends and traditions have come down to us from antiquity, telling about rejuvenating apples that restore youth to people and give health. They say that even honey collected from an apiary surrounded by the gardens of this tree has special healing qualities.
The English have a saying that if you use the fruits of the apple tree every day, then the road to the doctor is ordered.
The genus of apple trees has more than thirty species. The most common are cultural, or home, to which many varieties cultivated on the planet belong: deciduous, low, Chinese, etc.
Some varieties of this fruit tree are grown as ornamental in parks and gardens, and an apple tree with small fruits - ranetki - grows even in severe Siberian conditions.
These fruits of red, yellow, green or mixed shades can have the size of a pea, and sometimes they reach a diameter of fifteen centimeters. By ripening time there are varieties of summer, winter, autumn, while the latter have excellent resistance.
In summer varieties, the fruits of the apple tree receive consumer maturity immediately after they are picked from a tree. Under ordinary conditions, they are stored for no more than twenty days. The fruits of apple species of autumn species remain fresh for two months, and winter ripen only in the process of lying. Their possible shelf life is up to six months.
Almost all varieties of this fruit tree are cross-pollinated.
Apples contain many different acids - citric, tartaric, etc., as well as sucrose and glucose. In addition, they simply contain a storehouse of vitamins, essential oils, as well as tannins and pectin. The fruits of the apple tree are very useful for those people who lack potassium or calcium, magnesium, etc. in the body.
They are used both in fresh form and as dried fruits. Apples are also suitable for recycling: they produce excellent juice or compote, jelly or fruit wine, as well as jam. Due to the high content of pectin, jam, jelly, jam and mousse from them are simply unique.
Dried apple fruits are a source of easily digestible sugar and trace elements. At the same time, the seeds of even one piece of this amazing and so dear to each fruit contains an almost daily norm of iodine.
Vinegar is prepared from apples, which is widely used not only in traditional medicine, but also in the food industry. It contains a lot of valuable minerals and organic acids. Apple cider vinegar reduces appetite, stimulating the metabolism, so it is successfully used in the treatment of obesity.