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2 unusual facts about apples


Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie

Mary Wells released a version of the song on her 1968 album, Servin' Up Some Soul.

Bière–Apples–Morges railway

The final section in the jigsaw will be the inclusion of the Chablais Vaudois area.


Abel Meeropol

According to Robert Meeropol, "Strange Fruit", "The House I Live In" and the Peggy Lee hit "Apples, Peaches and Cherries" provided most of the royalty income of the family—the latter especially after it had been translated into French by Sacha Distel (French singer and sometime boyfriend of Brigitte Bardot).

Apple bobbing

The custom is mentioned (along with apples suspended on a string) in 18th century Ireland by Charles Vallancey in his book Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis.

Baskinta

Baskinta is also known for the variety of its fruit especially apples and vineyards.The residents are Christians: 70% Maronites and 30% Greek Orthodox.

Bit-tech

In some cases, this resulted in apples-to-oranges comparisons - something that has split the enthusiast's community on many occasions.

Blaise Daniel Staples

The Apples of Apollo: Pagan and Christian Mysteries of the Eucharist explores the role that entheogens in general, and Amanita muscaria in particular, played in Greek and biblical mythology and later on in Renaissance painting, most notably in the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald.

Caramel apple

In recent years, it has become increasingly popular to decorate caramel apples for holidays like Halloween.

Caves of Hercules, Tanger

It is also believed that Hercules stayed and slept in this cave before doing his 11th labour, which was to get golden apples from the Hesperides Garden, which some ancient Greek writers said was located nearby at Lixus (ancient city).

Clark Heinrich

The book The Apples of Apollo: Pagan and Christian Mysteries of the Eucharist deals with possible occurrences of entheogens in general, and Amanita muscaria in particular, in Greek and biblical mythology and later on in Renaissance painting, most notably in the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald.

Confiture de lait

The taste is very similar to that of the soft caramels used to coat apples during Halloween in the United States, but the texture is much softer than that of caramel candies.

Cryptoxanthin

It has been isolated from a variety of sources including the petals and flowers of plants in the genus Physalis, orange rind, papaya, egg yolk, butter, apples, and bovine blood serum.

Cultivar

Cultivars generally occur as ornamentals and food crops: Malus 'Granny Smith' and Malus 'Red Delicious' are cultivars of apples propagated by cuttings or grafting, Lactuca 'Red Sails' and Lactuca 'Great Lakes' are lettuce cultivars propagated by seeds.

Donkey walk

The procession was led by a wagon carrying "a beautiful tree whose branches are hung with apples and various other treats" and six boys singing Hosanna.

Flat Top Manor

The artist Henri Matisse, another friend, was sent apples as a gift from the Cones that came from the estate property.

Foxwhelp

Some sources state that many apples identified as Foxwhelp today are not, in fact, the original variety, which came to be known as "Old Foxwhelp" to distinguish it from later sports (such as "Improved Foxwhelp", developed by H. P. Bulmer), which were selected from the original cultivar.

Fred Bell

On March 7, 1931, a photographer made a picture of him selling apples on a street corner in San Francisco.

Gravenstein

In Denmark Food Minister Hans Christian Schmidt proclaimed the Gravenstein to be the "national apple" on 18 September 2005, although its market share has since decreased in relation to imported apples.

Greifensee, Zürich

The excellent condition of the timber relicts allows dendrochronological dating to the year 1051 B.C. Weaving spindles made of clay, tools, needles and fishing hooks from bronze, charred wild apples and cereals have been conserved.

Harrison Cider Apple

In September 1976, a fruit variety collector from Vermont went in search of the Harrison and Campfield Cider Apples in the neighborhood of Orange Mountain in Essex County, New Jersey that Coxe had written about in 1817.

Hughson, California

The crops grown in Hughson are, but not limited to: Almonds, Peaches, Walnuts, Nectarines, Cherries, Apples, and the occasional vineyard.

Matthew Bullock

Originally from Norlina, North Carolina, Bullock's saga began when his brother Plummer attempted to return 10 cents worth of apples, which he claimed were bad.

Mickey Newbury Collection

Other highlights of the set include "San Francisco Mabel Joy," "Apples Dipped in Candy," "Wish I Was," "Cortelia Clark," "The Future's Not What It Used To Be," "Let's Have A Party," "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye," "Sweet Memories."

Municipal Borough of Bexley

Gold apples stood for traditional fruit-growing and the eagle came from the arms of Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley, one time chancellor of the exchequer.

Non-Pythagorean scale

The scale was introduced in 2007 with the release of New Magnetic Wonder, the sixth studio album by The Apples in Stereo.

Norfolk Biffin

The estate records for Mannington, Norfolk, dating from 1698, of Robert Walpole (later the first Prime Minister of Great Britain) mention Norfolk Biffin apples which Walpole had sent up to his house in London.

Paula Red

Paula Red apples were discovered around 1960 by grower Lewis Arends near a McIntosh block in his orchard in Sparta Township, Kent County, Michigan.

Pet Sounds Studio

The studio in the house was decorated with detailed murals painted by Steve Keene, originally for The Apples music video for "Tidal Wave".

Pome

Some pomes may have a mealy texture (e.g., some apples); others (e.g., Amelanchier, Aronia) are berry-like with juicy flesh and a core that is not very noticeable.

Prâslea the Brave and the Golden Apples

Prâslea the Brave and the Golden Apples (Prâslea cel voinic și merele de aur) is a Romanian fairy tale collected by Petre Ispirescu in Legende sau basmele românilor.

Red Apple Falls

An early version of "Red Apples" first appeared on Callahan's first EP Floating in 1991, and was later covered by Chan Marshall for her album The Covers Record.

Red-capped Parrot

Marri seeds are the preferred diet, but birds also extract seeds from Karri (Eucalyptus marginata), woody pear (Xylomelum), Grevillea, Hakea, and She-oak (Casuarina), as well as insects such as psyllids, and even orchard fruit such as apples and pears.

Savanna Dry

Savanna Dry is produced from crushed apples grown in the Elgin Valley of the fertile Western Cape, and it is described as a clear, refreshing and dry tasting cider.

Schizosaccharomyces pombe

The majority of these strains have been collected from cultivated fruits such as apples and grapes, or from the various alcoholic beverages, such as Brazilian Cachaça.

Spatulipalpia pectinatella

Its larvae had been found in February on sugar-apples (Annona squamosa).

Spondias

They are commonly named hog plums, Spanish plums, libas in Bikol and in some cases golden apples for their brightly colored fruit which resemble an apple or large plum at a casual glance.

Sturmer Pippin

One of the best English keeping apples Sturmer Pippin became widely grown and exported from Tasmania and New Zealand from the 1890s.

Tequesta

The Tequesta gathered many plant foods, including saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) berries, cocoplums (Chrysobalanus icaco), sea grapes (Coccoloba uvifera), prickly pear (nopal) fruits (Opuntia spp.), gopher apples (Licania micbauxii), pigeon plums (Cocoloba diversifolia), palm nuts, false mastic seeds, cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto), and hog plum (Ximenia americana).

The Football Ramble

2008 saw Apples leave the show, to be replaced by XFM DJ Pete Donaldson.

The House of Apples and Eyeballs

The House Of Apples & Eyeballs is a collaborative album by Black Moth Super Rainbow and The Octopus Project.

The Promotion

After the meeting, the board of directors, the assistant managers and the community leaders have a brief meeting, wherein Richard inadvertently refers to the gang as "black apples", infuriating the head community leader (Chris Gardner).

Trejo pistol

The apple logo on the side of the slide is a reference to the town Zacatlán de las manzanas (Zacatlán of the apples, near Puebla) which is famous for its apples and apple cider.

Wakin on a Pretty Daze

Vile also holds a red apple, alluding to the tracks, "Red Apples" and "Runner Ups," from God Is Saying This to You... (2009) and Smoke Ring for My Halo (2011), respectively.

Wallchart

The subjects of later wallcharts included Pork and Apples, and Private Eye, perhaps doubting the usefulness of these items, satirised the growing trend with spoof advertisements for wallcharts on "Britain's Best-Loved Wasps" and "Britain's Favourite Wallcharts" as well as a cartoon depicting "Hadrian's Wallchart" (subject: Barbarians).

Whangateau

The recently restored Big Omaha wharf was used to berth coastal shipping taking apples and kauri gum (resin) to the Auckland markets.

William La Follette

Later, he was extensively engaged as an orchardist at Wawawai on the Snake River, having purchased some 375 ac from his father-in-law, John Tabor (one of the founders of Whitman County) who had been among the first settlers to bring apples to the region.


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