In perhaps the best known example, the platypus, the eggs develop in utero for about 28 days, with only about 10 days of external incubation (in contrast to a chicken egg, which spends about one day in tract and 21 days externally).After laying her eggs, the female curls around them.n perhaps the best known example, the platypus, the eggs develop in utero for about 28 days, with only about 10 days of external incubation (in contrast to a chicken egg, which spends about one day in tract and 21 days externally). After laying her eggs, the female curls around them.
Virginia apples are grown in over 100 commercial orchards, totaling more than 16,000 acres of land. Virginia apple growers produce many popular varieties including Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Rome, Stayman, Gala, Winesap, York, Granny Smith, Jonathan, Fuji and Ginger Gold.
Virginia's apple industry traces its birth to Winchester to the planting of the area's first commercial orchard in 1871. Today the area is the State's leading apple producer, and local apples and produce are often sold by main street vendors and farmers markets. Photo courtesy of Virginia Main Street Program.