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Old 10-08-2014, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by looneycat View Post
bad assumption, just like non 'organic' apples (if such a thing really existed as all apples are organic and not artificial) the 'in-season' apples you are buying could have also been stored a year or more...this does not change just because it was grown without pesticides....you don't want to know how old fresh squeezed OJ can be!
Organic refers to the way the apples are grown. Only organic "chemicals" are used. Things like manure are used instead of chemical fertilizer and natural insect repellants are used instead of chemical pesticides. Certain standards have to be met in order to sell fruit marked "organic".

But you're correct, the term "organic apples" is incorrect. Organically grown apples is what they should be called.
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