TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, September 30, 2013
Greetings Infomaniacs,One of the things I love about having small kids in my life is that I get to do fun things that I haven't done in years, such as going apple picking or visiting a pumpkin patch. I got to do the former this weekend, and now I have a bunch of delicious apples to enjoy! I am thinking some apple cider or apple pie is in my future...maybe both!
Enjoy!
MelissaQuestions? Comments?
Email MelissaTODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTEQUOTE: "Surely the apple is the noblest of fruits."
HINT: (1817-1862), American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist.
RANDOM TIDBITSThe first apple trees were planted by Pilgrims in Massachusetts Bay Colony.
An apple tree will start bearing fruit 8-10 years after it is planted. A dwarf tree starts bearing in 3-6 years.
Apples are not self pollinating. They need bees topollinate the flowers to form the fruit.
Most apple blossoms are pink when they open but gradually fade to white.
Apples are a member of the rose family of plants along with pears, peaches, plums and cherries.
Twenty five percent of an apple's volume is air; that is why they can float.
*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***Every night I'm told what to do,
and each morning I do what I'm told.
But I still don't escape your scold.
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTEQUOTE: "Surely the apple is the noblest of fruits."
ANSWER: Henry David Thoreau.
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