Why is New York called the great apple?

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snikleback

I't's not...it's called the big apple

the phrase originated in show-biz circles. "There are many apples on the tree," an old saying supposedly runs, "but only one Big Apple"

darlene g

I always though it was because pople for all over the country came in into it's harbors. Making it the fruit of many a tree with many branches, Apple I'm still as clueless as you

x Amber x

I DONT KNOW GO ON GOOGLE YOU NOB

blueskyandsunshine

it's not, it's called the Big Apple

A.Joe

'Big apple'Because it's rotten and full of worms

Miley

it's not. It is called the Big Apple

crazygenes

New York is called the BIG apple, not great apple. It is because New York State is comprised of nearly 70% Farm land. Almost all of northern New York are full of APPLE ORCHARDS, hence the big apple state.

CautiousNorm.

Cos its rotten to the core.

orphan boy

i thought it was the big apple dont know the reason for the name

is it not called the big apple??

wkdwchofwest

its the big apple what a silly thing you are i think it is because it is the core of the country its where people from all of the world come to enter the usa i really dont know just typing i'll go now

mizzms

its not..its called the big apple..

bluedevilfan0888

haha, you mean the "Big Apple". Well, probably because so much business happens there, so many sites to see. so much to do.
Cheers!

trizzle

Various accounts have traced the ā€Big Appleā€¯ expression to
Depression-Era sidewalk apple vendors, a Harlem night
club, and a popular 1930s dance known as the ā€Big Apple.ā€¯
One fanciful version even links the name with a notorious
19th-century procuress!

this question once came in my american history final paper..

themajesticglory

It's "The Big Apple". I know -- I'm a New Yawker! Based on the research of Barry Popik, the use of "Big Apple" to refer to New York City became clearer. Popik found that a writer for the New York Morning Telegraph, John Fitzgerald, referred to New York City's races "Around the Big Apple." It is rumored that Fitzgerald got the term from jockeys and trainers in New Orleans who aspired to race on New York City tracks, referring to the "Big Apple."

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, New York City's jazz musicians began referring to New York City as the "Big Apple." An old saying in show business was "There are many apples on the tree, but only one Big Apple." New York City being the premier place to perform was referred to as the Big Apple.

jackwalz

I'm very sorry . The other guys stold my answer. :)