Why is apples name apple

Live fresh. Hello fall. Jonathan apples are squat and sweet, not unlike the likely apocryphal neighbor boy after whom Rachel Negus Higley supposedly named the fruit that appeared in her orchard, after they sprouted weirdly from seeds acquired from a cider mill nearby.

Golden Delicious are actually not all too closely related to Red Delicious, but they grew alongside those famous mealy red apples in the commercial orchard known as Stark Brothers Nurseries. Jonagold apples, then, are a Jonathan crossed with a Golden Delicious—a portmanteau of their names—that was developed in the s and is a perfect pie-stuffing blend of sweet and tart. They are great for salads, cooking, creating sauces, or biting right into!

Perhaps the best way to describe it is like a hint of melon or pineapple or elderflower. The cultivar is a cross between Red Delicious and McIntosh, and made its debut in Though we think having an apple named after you is the epitome of goals. Deep pink with a lovely shape and an almost cake-like texture, these certainly are worthy of exultation. You know, just a typical snack in , the year the apple was first recorded. These apples tend to taste close to their namesake, with an almost spicy, warming flavor and heavy aroma.

Sign up for our newsletter to receive the latest tips, tricks, recipes and more, sent twice a week. By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. Newsletter Shop Help Center. Log In Sign Up. A look back at the life of Steve Jobs Odd Jobs tributes Other theories were advanced. The apple represented knowledge, as in the biblical story of Adam and Eve, or referenced the falling fruit that led Sir Isaac Newton to the concept of gravity.

Supporters of the latter theory note the name of Apple's handheld PDA, the Newton, but that was more than a decade after the creation of the logo.

Sadly, the evidence now points in a more prosaic direction. In a interview with CreativeBits , Rob Janoff, the man who drew the logo, reflected on the theories about his work.

He dismisses Sir Isaac or the Bible as source material and, while he says he is charmed by the links with the Turing story, he says he was unaware of them at the time. Janoff says that he received no specific brief from Steve Jobs, and although he's hazy about how he settled on the simple outline of an apple, the reason for the bite is crystal clear: it's there for scale, he says, so that a small Apple logo still looks like an apple and not a cherry.

It wasn't long before Janoff discovered the first happy coincidence of his design, when a colleague told him that "bytes" were the foundation stones of computing. The more romantic myth-making would follow soon behind. I was disappointed when the Turing story was first cast into doubt, but grew to enjoy the uncertainty.

Limbo seemed a fitting, even poetic state, for the tale of a man who lived in the shadows. Even his tribute was now floating between life and death, like Snow White after she swallowed her own mythical apple. I hope that a similar respect for beauty over cold, hard fact lay behind Steve Jobs' silence on the matter. He could have dismissed the creation myths inspired by his company, but he chose not to.