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Funny thing is to get a CS degree, you have to take an ethics class, where they go over things exactly like this (how small mistakes can be huge when you deal with computers), and presumably drill into you the importance of not making those kinds of mistakes. Heh. Doesn't always work though...

Taking a test to join an association is very different from taking a semester long class to graduate. Though I'm sure Gbaji will claim that if you "read between the lines", they're "apples and apples, not really apples and oranges. Now, that being said, everyone knows that Apple trees grow in the temperate regions of the world (areas that don't get too hot or too cold), generally in the latitudes between 30° to 60° north and south. Apple trees are best adapted to places where the average winter temperature is near freezing for at least two months, though many varieties can withstand winter temperatures as low as -40°C (-40°F).

Apple trees are deciduous, which means their leaves fall off at the end of the growing season.

Apple trees belong to the Rosaceae (rose) family, and in the spring you can see the beautiful white flowers on an apple tree looking like tiny roses. Taxonomists (scientists that name and classify living things) have called the cultivated species of apple tree Malus domestica, and the wild species Malus pumila. And that The volume of a ripe apple is about 20% air (that's why they float), and 80% water. Apple trees grow best on hilltops and on the sloping sides of hills because these areas provide good water drainage, and also allow colder, heavier air to fall to the valley below during frosty spring nights when cold air could damage the blossoms or young fruit.

Healthy apple trees produce "scions" (buds). To produce new apple trees, farmers cut scions of a desired variety of apple, and insert them into the base of the stem or trunk of a seedling tree. The seedling tree is called the "rootstock", and is a root or a root plus a stem. This whole process is called "grafting". The mature apple tree will then produce fruit of the same variety as those of the tree from which the scions were cut. Farmers try to graft scions from apple trees that have popular and tasty varieties of fruit, with rootstocks that are robust and resistant to cold temperatures and pests. Another method is to graft branches bearing full-sized fruit onto dwarf trees, and then grow the branches against a trellis. This method allows a greater number of trees to be grown in an orchard.

In apple orchards, trees are planted in rows 3 to 9 meters (10 to 30 feet) apart. This gives farmers enough room to pick the mature fruit, and also spray the crop if necessary. Young apple trees must be carefully pruned during the first five years, so that the main branches are equally distributed up the trunk, and so that weak branches don't develop. Apple trees may grow more than 12 meters (39 feet) in height.

An apple tree begins to bear fruit in 6 to 8 years, and is capable of producing fruit for as long as 100 years, though most commercially grown apple trees are replaced every 12 to 20 years."