So is the apple’s skin, which could be incredibly shiny on one side and all soft and splotchy on the other. And don’t even get us started on chewing a Red Delicious.

In the failing autumn light, a shiny red or golden apple might have seemed like a promise -- or an entreaty -- that the sun would come again. Apple blossoms heralded the renewal of life each spring.

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Jonathan: This zesty-sweet, shiny red apple was discovered on a Woodstock, N.Y., farm in the early 1800s and named for the individual who found it, Jonathan Hasbrouck.

The specialty doughnut (which looks like a shiny red apple) was inspired by candy apples sold at Coney Island and priced at $10.99.

Using nothing but two shiny red apples, Rosie Dutton, a teacher at Relax Kids in Tamworth, UK, managed to truly convey the consequences of bullying to her class.