USApple Association is a

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-based nonprofit membership association for growers, marketers, equipment producers and allied organizations dealing with

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s, within forty states of the

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. It advocates on behalf of 7,500 apple growers and 400 companies in the apple business. Their services include, but are not limited to,

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for the industry's interests at all the branches of the

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and the public and to provide educational information, and newsletters for the growers. The association also strives to provide all involved in the U.S. apple industry the means to profitably produce and market apples and apple products. The association's website supplies information for the public on all different apple

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s grown in the United States. Currently, there are close to 100 U.S. cultivars grown commercially, but about 90% of the production consists of the 15 most popular cultivars.Apple Varieties
of the USApple Association

References

External links

Official Website

(archived) Agricultural organizations based in the United States Apples {{Agriculture-stub