- It takes about 36 apples to create one gallon of apple cider
- Apple trees take from two to ten years to produce their first fruit, depending on the variety and whether they are dwarf or full-sized trees
- There are well over 100 varieties of apples currently grown in Maine, but most farms grow 20 to 30 varieties
- McIntosh is the most grown apple variety in New England
- Two apple varieties, Black Oxford and Brock, originated in Maine
- Eighty-four farms produce about one million bushels of apples each year in Maine, on 2,000 acres
- Most apple trees are propagated by bud grafting, a technique that joins two plants into one. Since apples do not come true-to-type from seed, and do not readily form roots on cuttings, they are grafted onto easy-to-root stocks that serve as the root system.
