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Apple Trees Through the Year

Apple Trees in Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall

Apple TreesThrough the YearApple Trees in Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall
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The Apple Tree Life Cycle

Just like you, apple trees change and grow. Apple trees can live for over 100 years! Find out what an apple tree is like in the winter, spring, summer and fall to help it grow strong and make yummy fruit!

How the Cycle Goes

In the core of all apples, you can see apple seeds. Plant an apple seed. Apple trees grow from apple seeds. Buds grow on the new apple trees. Apple buds grow into flowers. The flowers grow into fruit. At the core of the fruit is apple seeds!

Apple Trees in Different Seasons

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Winter

Winter is the time for apple trees to get some rest! Flower buds are on the tree. They have fuzz on them to keep them safe from the cold. They do not grow in winter. Winter is a time when farmers take off bad branches and new branches grow. The farmers are safe and do not take off too many branches. The new branches do not have fruit buds on them.

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Spring

Spring is the time we can start to see the apple buds grow. The warm weather lets the leaves inside the buds grow. Flowers start to grow. Bees like the flowers because they smell good. Bees fly from tree to tree and bring pollen to the flowers. The pollen helps the apple seeds grow.

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Summer

Summer is the time the buds turn into apples. The buds grow. The colors change as the buds grow. They start to look like the apples we eat. New buds are growing, too. The new buds will not turn into apples until next year.

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Fall

Apples are ready to for you to pick in the fall! Apples fill up with sugar in fall. This makes them sweet and yummy. Some sugar stays in the tree. This sugar is for the new buds that will turn into apples next Summer. When it is colder, the leaves fall off. The baby apple buds stay on the tree. They will grow after winter.