Ages 6-8 - 19 pages, 1134 words | 10 minutes of reading | © Éditions du Ricochet, 2016, for the 1st publication - all rights reserved
In France, there are nearly 400 varieties of apples, which is not much compared to the 4,000 varieties listed worldwide... Enough to make you faint!
In order to take care of these little queens, the apple grower has different tactics at his disposal: topping the trees in winter, thinning them in spring and using "hail protection" nets to protect them from bad weather.
But what about the health of consumers? Unfortunately, these are fruits that can be exposed to more than 30 chemicals! Fortunately, other apple growers are choosing organic agriculture!
Raconté par Nicolas