Comparing Apples to Oranges
An apple a day, keeps the doctor away. I’m unsure where or when this adage first began, or if it really holds much truth. In my opinion, I think it’s much more beneficial to have an orange or a glass of orange juice on a daily basis. There is something special about the orange, but it seems that the orange has always played second fiddle to the apple.
Yes, the apple has lived a charmed life. There are wonderous stories and legends involving apples. It is often suggested that the Fruit of Knowledge that Adam and Eve decided to eat in the Garden of Eden was an apple. In the Swiss story of archer William Tell, William is forced to shoot an apple from the head of his son to win his freedom. There is the American legend of Johnny Appleseed, the distributor and planter of appleseeds. Legend has it that Johnny traveled barefoot, wearing tattered clothes and a tin pot for a hat. It’s not known if during this time whether Johnny was referred to as a “pot-head”, but if he was he may have been the first. Of course, a child could always gain favor by bringing an apple to school for a teacher. Someone dear to another can be referred to as the apple of one’s eye. Heck, they even named a computer after the apple.
And what does the orange get? There aren’t any happy stories for the orange. The orange can’t even get an original name…it’s a color! But what a lovely color it is. In recent years, it has been discovered that the orange helps in the fight against cancer, heart disease, and can help prevent certain birth defects. In my own research, I have found that when drinking a glass of orange juice, it is virtually impossible to be depressed. Orange juice is certainly filled with sunshine for the well-being. I believe there are many health benefits from the orange that we still have yet to discover. Besides, considering that the bare mid-drift look is all the rage in fashion these days, one must certainly agree that the cute navel-orange is the in fruit.