Home to more than 200 commercial apple operations and around 9,000 bearing acres of apple orchards, North Carolina knows a thing or two about the all-American apple. Scroll through the slideshow below to learn a few more fun facts about North Carolina apples.

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Fresh market apples make up 40% of North Carolina’s apple crop, while 60% is used for processing to make products such as apple juice and applesauce.

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North Carolina Field & Family Spring 2026
Flip through the pages of the Spring 2026 edition of North Carolina Field and Family magazine. In this issue, impress your guests with creative yet easy spring holiday recipes, learn how farmers face challenges planning the future of their farmland, meet some North Carolina beef producers raising the steaks, start your engines with eight reasons to visit Richmond County, get crabby with Sheri Castle’s Deviled Crab recipe and much more.

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