Examples of Pacific Rim countries which are generally not included when reference is made to the Asia-Pacific region include Russia, the USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile.ast and South-East Asia. The Asian countries typically considered to be part of the Asia-Pacific region are those situated in East Asia (Japan, North Korea, South Korea, China and Taiwan) or South-East Asia (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia).
Melrose Apples. A medium or large variety, the Melrose is a favorite dessert winter apple because of its mild acidity and powerful aroma. The skin of the Melrose is pale yellow with red hues, as it is a cross between a Jonathan and a Delicious.The Melrose is Ohio's official apple.pple image by Pali A from Fotolia.com. Farm-fresh apples are a harvest time treat around which entire regions of the country hold festivals and parades. From farmers markets to large-chain grocers, apples of hundreds of varieties make their way into homes around the world.
A snow-covered park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during winter. Winter is the coldest season of the year in polar and temperate climates, between autumn and spring. Winter is caused by the axis of the Earth in that hemisphere being oriented away from the Sun. Different cultures define different dates as the start of winter, and some use a definition based on weather. When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa.