Have you ever really compared apples and oranges?

Question

It actually isn't that hard to do...

Answer 1

Yes, I have.  In a freshman English class we had to write a paper comparing or contrasting two items.  When the instructor asked us for our topics, I said I wanted to compare apples and oranges.  He asked me if I meant I wanted to contrast them, and I said no, I wanted to COMPARE them.  I think I found 23 points of similarity - they both are fruits, both grow on trees - I don't really remember many of the others.

Answer 2

Yes. When I go into my fridge for a healthy snack.

Answer 3

I will let Wikipedia compare the two for us:

The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family Rosaceae. It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. The tree is small and deciduous, reaching 5–12 m tall, with a broad, often densely twiggy crown.[1] The leaves are alternately arranged simple ovals 5–12 cm long and 3–6 cm broad on a 2–5 cm petiole with an acute tip, serrated margin and a slightly downy underside. Flowers are produced in spring simultaneous with the budding of the leaves. The flowers are white with a pink tinge that gradually fades, five petaled, 2.5–3.5 cm in diameter. The fruit matures in autumn, and is typically 5–9 cm diameter. The centre of the fruit contains five carpels arranged in a five-point star, each carpel containing one to three seeds.[1]

The tree originated from Asia, where its wild ancestor is still found today. There are more than 7,500 known cultivars of apples resulting in range of desired characteristics. It should be noted however, that cultivars vary in their yield and the ultimate size of the tree, even when grown on the same rootstock.[2]

At least 55 million tonnes of apples were grown worldwide in 2005, with a value of about $10 billion. China produced about two-fifths of this total. The United States is the second leading producer, with more than 7.5% of the world production.[3] Turkey, France, Italy and Iran are among the leading apple exporters.

An orange—specifically, the sweet orange—is the citrus fruit Citrus sinensis (syn. Citrus aurantium L. var. dulcis L., or Citrus aurantium Risso) and its fruit. The orange is a hybrid of ancient cultivated origin, possibly between pomelo (Citrus maxima) and tangerine (Citrus reticulata). It is a small flowering tree growing to about 10 m tall with evergreen leaves, which are arranged alternately, of ovate shape with crenulate margins and 4–10 cm long. The orange fruit is a hesperidium, a type of berry.

Oranges originated in Southeast Asia. The fruit of Citrus sinensis is called sweet orange to distinguish it from Citrus aurantium, the bitter orange. In a number of languages, it is known as a "Chinese apple" (e.g. Dutch Sinaasappel, "China's apple", or "Apfelsine" in German). The name is thought to ultimately derive from the Dravidian word for the orange tree, with its final form developing after passing through numerous intermediate languages.

Answer 4

yeah,,

apples are always sweet but oranges always aren't

Answer 5

I prefer apples because they pair so well with other yummy things like peanut butter, carmel, raisins, brown sugar, oatmeal....you get the picture!

Answer 6

Climatic requirements mean I can't grow oranges, even tho they grow commercially 10 miles away.  But my apple trees are growing nicely.  

And the way they package their seeds is very different.  

Besides they are not the same color.

Answer 7

Apples are different colors, Red, Yellow, Green. And oranges are just orange. lol. I used this analogy to compare two guys once, but it just so happened that one was wearing orange and the other was wearing red. lol