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Article: It's apple season: fall is when apples are ready to be picked.(SCIENCE)
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- Weekly Reader, Edition 2 (including Science Spin)
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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Visit and Apple Orchard
Many people like to munch on sweet, juicy apples. In fact, most Americans eat about 65 apples each year. Apples are grown on farms called orchards. An orchard has rows and rows of apple trees. The trees change during each of the four seasons of the year.
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Winter
During winter, apple trees rest. By winter, they have lost their leaves. Their branches are bare.
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