Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: Apples were brought to North America with colonists in the 17th century , and the first apple orchard on the North American continent was said to be near Boston in 1625 .
Simplified: Apples were brought to North America in the 1600s . The first apple orchard on the North American continent was said to be near Boston in 1625 .