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The only apples I will eat are ones that are grown on my property or a property that I know what is going on agriculturally. The apple is a fruit that requires an incredible amount ot treatment to make the apple come out pretty good. So the ones that are sold in the stores have been treated with "things" throughout the year. Fungicides and pesticides mostly but lots of these chemicals all through the yearly cycle. Now there some, not many, organic apple growers out there and it is a tough job to get apples that consumers will want to buy. People who grow their own apples get used to the fact that many of them are ugly and just cut away the ugly or scabby parts. Most commercially grown apples have the dickens sprayed out of them to make them look pretty in the store. BUT, the truth be known that they are not the healthiest apples you can eat. They also can travel MILES in trucks that are treating the apple with gases to make them ripen while keeping them from spoiling. Brings new meaning to the phrase "American as apple pie."