Why Is Ny The "big Apple?"

[RUFFIAN]

DON WONDERS.......
"Ruff, Are you snowed in already
or just have extra time on your hands right now."
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NEITHER ONE Dear Donatello.....(U Could be a Ninja Turtle at Halloween)

Boulder is a Bodacious 60--70 & SUNNY

As I was pondering the name for my Feature Event
in my Supurrr Saturday Contest RaceCall Results.....

I considered calling it the Big Apple Stakes or the Big Sandy Stakes

My own Cat Curiosity made me then wonder.....
Why would NY be called a Big Apple?

So...I Asked BING

The Answer Was Blowin In The Wind....Right To My IPad
Thought that maybe others also wondered why ~