Apples are the second most

Apples are the second most valuable fruit crop in the United States, after oranges.
Autumn is a time when fresh apples are everywhere.
They are 41 native to the country.
Research shows that apples came from Central Asia.
But 42 believed to have been grown in America since the early sixteen hundreds.
Washington State, in the Pacific Northwest, produces the country’s biggest apple crop.
New York and Michigan are also big 43 .
Among nations, China is the biggest grower, 44 by the United States and Turkey.
This year, American growers expect to 45 nearly four thousand five hundred million kilograms of apples.
That is a little less than last year’s record harvest.

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