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  2. Big Apple - Wikipedia

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    "The Big Apple" was popularized as a name for New York City by John J. Fitz Gerald in a number of horse-racing articles for the New York Morning Telegraph in the 1920s. The earliest of these was a casual reference on 3 May 1921:

  3. Apple Valley, California - Wikipedia

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    The Apple Valley name was officially recognized when a post office was established in 1949. [9] One well-known apple orchard was owned by Max Ihmsen, publisher of the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. In 1915, he developed 320 acres (1.3 km 2) of apples and pears. The fame of Apple Valley spread as Ihmsen's fruit won many agricultural awards. [10]

  4. Apple genome - Wikipedia

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    The apple genome has approximately 57,000 genes, which was the highest number of any plant genome studied at the time, and more genes than the human genome which has about 25,000 genes. The modern apple has 17 chromosomes which were found to be derived from an ancestor with 9 chromosomes that experienced genome-wide duplication.

  5. Candy apple - Wikipedia

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    According to one source, American William W. Kolb invented the red candy apple. Kolb, a veteran Newark candy-maker, produced his first batch of candied apples in 1908. . While experimenting in his candy shop with red cinnamon candy for the Christmas trade, he dipped some apples into the mixture and put them in the windows for di

  6. Call detail record - Wikipedia

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    A call detail record contains data fields that describe a specific instance of a telecommunication transaction, but does not include the content of that transaction. By way of simplistic example, a call detail record describing a particular phone call might include the phone numbers of both the calling and receiving parties, the start time, and duration of that call.

  7. Apple Day - Wikipedia

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    "Apple Day" is the title of a song by UK songwriter Phil Baggaley, formerly of songwriting duo Phil and John, and founder of Gold Records.The song was sung by the Christian gospel group Harbour Lights (no longer extant) on their 2006 album "Leaving Safe Anchorage".

  8. Apple butter - Wikipedia

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    Contact us; Donate; Contribute Help; Learn to edit; Community portal; ... Apple butter (Dutch: appelstroop) is a highly concentrated form of apple sauce produced by ...

  9. Apple Music 100 Best Albums - Wikipedia

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    The Apple Music 100 Best Albums is a list of the best albums in history created by the streaming service Apple Music based upon an opinion survey and curated music ranking. Its team crafted the list alongside a group of artists that included Pharrell Williams , J Balvin , Maren Morris , and Charli XCX . [ 1 ]