These are from the Apple Cookbook by Olwen Woodier.

• The six top apple-producing states in the US are Washington, New York, Michigan, California, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
• The 2000 US apple crop was estimated to be 254.217 million 42-pound cartons
• The largest US apple crop on record is 277.3 million cartons harvested in 1998
• In1997, there were 9,000 US apple growers and 453,200 acres of commercial orchards
• Apples trailed only oranges and grapes in the amount of US acreage committed to fruit production in 1997
• In 1999, the average US consumer ate an estimated 18.7 pounds of fresh apples and 29.7 pounds of processed apples
• In 1999, the People’s Republic of China produced the world’s largest crop of apples. The United States was the world’s second-largest producer with Turkey, Italy, and France completing the list of world’s top five apple-producing countries.
• The United States, New Zealand, and Japan are the leaders in apple breeding.