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Apple Association.

Q: When did the industry start in Adams County?

A: Noah Sheely had the first commercial orchard in 1878, according to the Penn State Cooperative Extension.

His orchard is called the first in the county, situated where the historic Round Barn and Fruit Market owned by Knouse Foods is now.

Sheely is also credited with making the first commercial shipment in 1893, when he ordered 1,500 barrels of apples for the Chicago World's Fair.

Q: How many varieties of apples are grown in the United States?

A: About 2,500, but 15 popular varieties make up about 90 percent of those produced, according to the apple association.

Q: What are the most popular varieties of apples?

A: The top five in 2006 were: Red Delicious, Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith and Fuji, according to the apple association.

The Yellow Delicious is still popular, while newer varieties such as Jonagold, Cameo, Pink Lady and others are growing more common, Spence said.

Reach Angie Mason at 771-2048 or amason@ydr.com.

If you go Learn more about apples at the 2007 Adams County Apple Blossom Festival, from 9 a.m.

to 5 p.m.

next Saturday and Sunday at the South Mountain Fairgrounds on Route 234 in Arendtsville.

The cost is $5 for adults, and it's free for children under 12.

Events include orchard tour...

Donna Vine, a nutritional scientist at the U of A and co-author of the paper in Atherosclerosis.

High insulin levels are caused by excessive consumption of sugar and fatty foods.

Perpetually high insulin levels can lead to insulin resistance, which predisposes individuals to develop Type 2 diabetes and increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

Traditionally, scientists have believed cardiovascular disease was connected to increased levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) However, Vine and her colleagues believe high levels of intestinal chylomicron It is estimated fifty per cent of cardiovascular disease events occur in the presence of normal LDL-If chylomicron levels...

Also on hand at the health fair were representatives of Aiken Heart Center, Aiken Cancer Center, the American Diabetes Association, Aiken and Orangeburg's DHEC offices, Ascension Hospice, the William J.

McCord Adolescent Center of Orangeburg, HopeHealth, Palmetto Poison Center, the National Kidney Foundation, dentist Dr.

Sherman Hickson, pharmacist Dr.

Glover Hickson, the Aiken County Fire Department and Elmcroft of Martinez.

"It's been pretty good.

We haven't sent anyone to the hospital, thank goodness," joked R.N.

Lauren Harris of Aiken Regional Medical Centers.

"We're here to let people know it's a good idea to have the blood sugar checked at least once a year, especially if there's a family history of diabetes, and to give them a chance to do that today." The Orangeburg Area Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation works in a six-county area including Aiken, Orangeburg, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun and Allendale, according to Hickson.

Among their regular tasks is visiting the DHEC offices of each county once a month to notify parents whose infants have had positive results from the mandatory sickle cell anemia testing done on newborns.

"Sickle cell anemia often goes untreated, but if you have sickle cell, you know it," Hickson said.

"It's an inherited disease in which the red blood cells are misshaped and can't carry oxygen and hemoglobin in proper a...