sentences:  In 2003, Washington produced more apples than the rest of the United States combined.In the early 20th century Armenian immigrants Armen Tertsagian and Mark Balaban, proprietors of an apple orchard in Cashmere, Washington, began producing Aplets as a way of disposing of their surplus crop; the idea for the candy came from their faint recollections of eating Turkish delight as children.Aplets were followed, several years later, with Cotlets.