that is a reasonably reasonable reason Quarl, I thought that apples grew anywhere. Anyway, I think the apple is just a mistranslation from a Latin word "malus", which means apple. And since it has the three letters "mal" in it people may associate the apple with the forbidden fruit of God's Garden.
S3C
do you ever wonder what apple god forbid in the garden?
Was it a Pacific Rose or Honeycrisp?
A Golden Delicious or Granny Smith?
A Cripps Pink or Royal Gala?
A Jazz Scifresh or Red Delicious?
A FujiCrisp or JonaGold?
The world will never know....
But apparently, eating apples is worse than sex -_-
Quarl
Actually it couldn't have been an apple. The apple tree isn't native in the fertile crescent/ middle east region. Also consider the effects of the fruit. I've never ate an apple that gave me an epiphany. Truly, whatever fruit that the tree held is now lost with the Garden of Eden. Sorry to ruin your fun :(