Image Description: This is a close up picture of five apples, one red and four green, and their shadows. Depending on the type of apple, it can ripen during a variety of times throughout the summer and fall seasons. After they are picked, apples can be stored for months. Some apples like Fugi and Granny Smith are still quite edible for up to a year. China is the leading producer of apples worldwide; in 2010 they grew almost 45 million tonnes of apples - that's half of the total worldwide production of apples! Also in 2010, the apple genome was decoded; a breakthrough for breeding selectively and disease control. European colonists brought apples to North America, but they have been grown throughout Europe and Asia for thousands of years.

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