Apples to Oregon 俄勒冈的苹果

出版时间：2008-7  出版社：Simon & Schuster  作者：Hopkinson, Deborah/ Carpenter, Nancy (ILT)  

内容概要

Apples, ho When Papa decides to pull up roots and move from
Iowa to Oregon, he can't bear to leave his precious apple trees
behind. Or his peaches, plums, grapes, cherries, and pears. Oh, and
he takes his family along too. But the trail is cruel -- first
there's a river to cross that's wider than Texas...and then there
are hailstones as big as plums...and there's even a drought, sure
to crisp the cherries. Those poor pippins Luckily Delicious (the
nonedible apple of Daddy's eye) is strong -- as young 'uns raised
on apples "are" -- and won't let anything stop her father's darling
saps from tasting the sweet Oregon soil.Here's a hilarious tall
tale -- from the team that brought you "Fannie in the Kitchen" --
that's loosely based on the life of a real fruiting pioneer.Apple
FactsMore than 7,500 varieties of apples are grown throughout the
world.About 2,500 varieties grow in the United States.The apple
variety Delicious is the most widely grown in the United
States.Apples are part of the rose family.The science of fruit
growing is called pomology.Fresh apples float. That's because 25
percent of their volume is air.Cut an apple in half, across the
core, and you'll see a star shape.It takes apple trees four to five
years to produce their first fruit.It takes about thirty-six apples
to make one gallon of apple cider.