An apple tree is easy to have in your yard. The Sweet Sixteen is a very good variety.
My mom and dad have an apple orchard and year before last I picked several bushels. They are organic and pesticide free. Anway, I made apple butter from them along with a little bit of jelly for my granddaughter. Homemade apple butter is packed full of fiber and, except for the sugar content, probably very healthy. There is nothing like old-fashioned apple butter! YUM! My recipe is several decades old and uses the whole apple, including the peel. All you cut out are the core and seeds.