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Recently, we looked at the life’s work of Henderson Luelling who is primarily responsible for the Pacific Northwest being the leading apple-growing region of the United States today.

But apples grow just about everywhere in this country. More than half of the states, in fact, have a commercial apple industry. And why not?

Apples are probably the most popular fruit in the entire world. Have you ever known anyone who didn’t like them? The likely answer is no.

And apples come in all kinds of varieties – sour and sweet; crisp and mushy and everything in between; red, yellow, green, and multi-color...