APPLE (Malum)
APPLES
The
first apples were found growing wild in the mountains of Central
Asia.They were introduced to North America by colonists in the 17th
century and the apple tree may have been the earliest tree that humans
cultivated.
SOME LEGENDS,TRADITIONS & OTHER TRIVIA
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Apples appear in many religious traditions often as forbidden fruit,
however, the word "apple" was used as a generic term for all fruit,
other than berries, including nuts, as late as the 17th century.Though
the forbidden fruit of Eden in the book of Genesis* is not identified,
popular Christian tradition has held that it was an apple that Eve
coaxed Adam to share with her.
*Genesis: the first book of the Bible which desribes how God made the world
Source: The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/14/severance-intercourse-by-robert-olen-butler-review)
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When tomatoes were introduced to Europe, they were called "love
apples". Cucumbers used to be called "earth-apples', just as in French,
Dutch, Hebrew, Persian and Swiss German as well as several other German
dialects, the words for potatoes mean "earth-apples". In some
languages, oranges are called "golden apples" or "Chinese apples".
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In North America an American Indian is called an "apple" denoting
someone who is "red on the outside and white on the inside" primarily by
other American Indians to indicate someone who has lost touch with
their cultural identity.
-"An apple a day keeps the doctor away" is a popular saying. The apple symbolizes health and advantages of eating fresh fruit.
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Comparing "apples and oranges" means to examine the similarities of
things that are completely different; in Slovene the corresponding
expression is "Comparing apples with pears".
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Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company
headquartered in California that designs, develops, and sells consumer
electronics, computer software and online services. It is considered one
of the Big Four tech companies along with Amazon, Google and Facebook.
Source: https://bohatala.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/financial-report-of-apple-inc-2014-1-638.jpg
Apple Inc. decided to use not a complete apple for their logo but an apple with a bite (byte) taken out of it.
Mr,
Janoff, the creator of the logo (1977) explained where he got the
inspirtion : "The reason for the bite is that it's there for scale, so
that a small Apple logo still looks like an apple, and not a cherry! As
of why it's an apple? It results in Steve Jobs working in an orchard
when he was a boy so I decided to name it after his favorite brand of
apple, McIntosh."
- New York has several nicknames such as "The
Great American Melting Pot", "The City That Never Sleeps" and also "The
Big Apple".Some say the name comes from well-to-do families who sold
apples on city streets to make ends meet during the Great Depression*.
Others believe that the term comes from a notorious 19th century brothel
named Eve whose girls were referred to as "Big Apples". The nickname,
however, comes from a catchphrase used in the 1920s by The Morning
Telegraph sports writer John J. Fitz Geraldin in his horse racing column
"Around the Big Apple".Beginning on February 18, 1924, he began every
column with a header, "The Big Apple. The dream of every lad that ever
threw a leg over a thoroughbred and the goal of all horsemen.There's
only one Big Apple. That's New York." At that time, the jockeys and
trainers of smaller horses were said to want make a "Big Apple", which
was the term for the big money prizes at larger races in and around New
York.
The apple has several symbolic meanings: it can symbolise fertility, love, knowledge, wisdom and much more.
The apple became a symbol of teachers and education in the 18th century. The tradition of giving an apple to a teacher started in the 1700s before governments around the world paid for the education for its people. Poor families in Denmark and Sweden gave teachers baskets of apples and potatoes as payment for teaching their children.
Source:https://www.freepik.com/premium-photo/apple-knowledge-symbol-pencil-books-desk_2017444.htm
Today, apples are very popular fruit worldwide, with over 7,500 known varieties. They can be baked, pressed, dried, fermented, poached, grilled, dipped in caramel, added to smoothie, and of course eaten as they are: red, green, yellow, juicy, crunchy, soft, shiny, sweet, sour, delicious, tasty, yummy, healthy,etc.
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