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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on May 03, 2023, 12:15:39 PM

Title: Tracing the Roots of the Big Apple
Post by: Nearly Sane on May 03, 2023, 12:15:39 PM

The Mysterious Origins of the World’s Most Famous City Moniker

A pondering on how New York got its nickname

https://www.themarginalian.org/2021/05/02/nyc-big-apple/

Title: Re: Tracing the Roots of the Big Apple
Post by: Steve H on May 15, 2023, 11:20:09 AM

My big apple is Cottenham Seedling, a cooker from 1923, so celebrating its centenary this year, but I haven't bothered tracing its roots.
https://www.applesandorchards.org.uk/product/cottenham-seedling/