The world's largest apple: on a branch and on a pedestal

It is unlikely that today there is a person who has never heard of an apple, because this fruit is distributed practically around the globe. About its popularity speaks at least the fact that in the world there are several thousand varieties and almost half of the garden trees - apple trees. By the way, the world's largest apple was also grown in the garden.

Apple Record-holder

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 a tart-sour taste. It took more than one millennium, while mankind, through selection, learned to breed large varieties.

However, in order to grow the world's largest apple, it is required not only to choose the right variety, but also to know how to achieve it. This is the way the Japanese horticulturist Chisato Iwasaki, dedicated himself to the cultivation of giant fruits, many of which are exported.

"Apple" business - business in Asia is profitable, as large fruits are presented as a gift to very respected people. The price of a fragrant fruit weighing one kilogram can reach $ 1000.

The Japanese C. Iwasaki, who has been engaged in gardening for many years, knows how to take care of the apple tree so that it will bear large fruits. Proof of this - the world's largest apple weighing 1,849 kg, torn from the branch in October 2005.

On the scales and without them

Of course, the usual apples lying on our shelves, have a very modest weight in comparison with the Japanese giant. If the diameter of the latter was equal to the circumference of the adult's head, then the apple bought on the market weighs on average 180 gr. This is if the skin, and without it, the gram is 40 less.

Most of all, the weight of fruit is of interest to those who want to count calories. Weighing an apple every time is a tedious task, so for simplicity of calculation it is possible to 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 g. A small apple with a diameter of a matchbox weighs about 80 grams. A medium-sized fruit, placed in the ring between the forefinger and the thumb, is 130 g.

Of course, there are also giants. The weight of an apple primarily depends on the variety, as well as on care. Experienced gardener from the Khabarovsk Territory, Vladimir Zangiev, collects from a dwarf Japanese apple fruit up to 350 grams.

In the world of giants

Apple, no doubt, is a very popular fruit since antiquity. Let us recall at least an apple of discord that led to the Trojan War, and the phrase itself has long become a common name. In modern Britain, even a holiday dedicated to fragrant fruit is established.

Should I be surprised to learn that in many countries there are sculptures that embody giant apples. In the US, for example, in addition to the crystal apple at the entrance to the famous Apple brand store, several other monuments have been erected at different times in honor of the country's favorite fruit.

In Russia, apples are also in high esteem. One of the sculptures is located in the center of Kursk as a tribute to the local Antonovka, which was brought 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 sculpted images, but, you will agree, is also impressive.