International Eat An Apple Day for the year 2024 is celebrated/observed on Saturday, September 16th. There are until the next observance.

International Eat an Apple Day, observed on the third Saturday of September each year, falls on September 16 this year and urges us to eat this crisp, brightly colored fruit. Don’t stop there; the aim is to consume one every day. That, as they say, is how you keep the doctor away.

📆 When is International Eat An Apple Day?

This year, International Eat An Apple Day is on September 16th. It is the 3rd Saturday in September; in 2024, it is on Monday.

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📜 History of International Eat An Apple Day

These wild apples were found by merchants traveling along the Silk Road, a network of trade routes connecting China and the Far East to the Middle East and Europe. The apple was then brought to America by European colonists. According to legend, pilgrims planted the first apple trees in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. These wild apples were nurtured and cross-pollinated throughout time to create the kind we see on commercial farms today.

Apples have been mentioned in poems by Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson, as well as artworks by Caravaggio and Magritte. Apples exist in mythology and fiction as well. The Arabian Nights included a magical apple that cures all human ailments, and the Bible, possibly the most renowned book of all, also makes references to the apple. Although the testament merely mentions fruit, the concept that this was the apple first circulated in Western Europe in the 12th century. The idea might have sprung from the fact that the Latin word “malus” signifies both “apple” and “evil.” This idea gained traction, and by 1504, Albrecht Durer had painted Adam and Eve with apples surrounding them. Apples were very important in Greek and Norse mythology. In the Greek epic narrative Iliad, a golden apple precipitated the Trojan War, while the Norse goddess Iunn bestowed immortal youth through apples.

By the twentieth century, industrial agriculture in the United States had concentrated its efforts on only a few apple types, such as Red Delicious, Granny Smith, and McIntosh. In the twenty-first century, new customers drove the need for new types and varieties.

☑️ International Eat An Apple Day facts

Apples big and small
They come in a variety of sizes, from as little as a cherry to as large as a grapefruit.

20 years to eat all apples
There are 7,500 apple varieties growing across the world; eating them all would take a long time.

The world’s largest collection of apple trees
The USDA’s Plant Genetics Resources Unit in Geneva, New York, has about 2500 different kinds of apple trees in a 50-acre orchard.

Things to do on International Eat An Apple Day

Munch on an apple
It’s right there in the name! The finest way to commemorate this day is to eat an apple of your choosing. Try new types or eat apples with various condiments—peanut butter, honey, or maple syrup—for a unique experience.

Try out apple recipes
If you don’t want to cook, you might explore numerous delicious apple-based meals. Make apple pies, sip apple juice or cider, or even make Polish apple pancakes. Experiment and have fun.

Share the habit
Encourage others to eat apples as well. You may give them an apple or tell them about the significance of the day. Share your information and your healthy apple-eating habit to motivate others to eat healthier.

📅 International Eat An Apple Day Observances

YEAR DATE DAY
2023 September 16 Saturday
2024 September 16 Monday
2025 September 16 Tuesday
2026 September 16 Wednesday
2027 September 16 Thursday

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