Apples by Gail Gibbons

An Apple is a

• vegetable
• fruit
• red

Who is known for traveling throughout the wilderness of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana planting apple seeds?

• Settlers
• Native Americans
• John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed)

Where are the apple seeds inside the apple?

• the core
• the stem
• the leaf

In springtime_____________.

• apples are picked.
• apple blossoms begin to bloom on apple trees.
• apples tree are dormant.

In order for the apples to grow, each blossom has to be___________.

• pollinated
• cut off
• picked

When the apples are ripe and ready to pick, what time is it?

• dinner time
• harvest time
• bedtime

When winter comes, the apple trees become bare and are _________ until next spring.

• dead
• growing apples
• dormant

Apple trees grow apples once they are about _____________.

• five to eight years old
• one year old
• ten years old

There are thousand of ___________, or kinds, of apples. 

• pruning
• dormant
• varieties

Why are apples important?

• It is good to have shade from apple trees.
• We use them to make things like juice, cider, jelly, applesauce, and other healthy products. 
• The doctor says we should eat an apple a day to keep the doctor away.