Why do they call New York the "Big Apple"?

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From google
The term 'Big Apple' was originally used in the 1920s and '30s by jazz musicians as a way of saying, 'There are many apples on the success tree, but when you pick New York City, you pick the Big Apple

Slade · 56-60, M

@SanSabaSongbird

Upstaters are called Appleknockers. Lots o' orchards up there