The apple is the oldest cultivated fruit on earth. Apples could be found in the hanging gardens of Babylon, on the gourmet tables of the Roman General Lucullus; Charlemagne also had apple trees grown at his properties.

As the sovereign’s orb the shape of the apple has documented political and earthly power. The apple is seen as a symbol for love and fertility but also as temptation and sin. Last but not least William Tell’s shot through an apple is part of Swiss history.

The apple has changed our view of the world; it was an apple that fell on Isaac Newton’s head as he sat under an apple tree lost in thought. It gave him the idea that the mechanics of the heavens were based on the same principle as an apple falling to earth.

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