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APPLE OF SODOM

The apple of Sodom is a fruit described by old writers as externally of fair appearance, but turning to ashes when plucked. It was probably the fruit of Solanum sodomeum.
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CALVES' HEAD CLUB

The Calves' head club was instituted in ridicule of Charles I. The great annual banquet was held on the 30th of January, and consisted of a cod's head, to represent the person of Charles Stuart independent of his kingly office; a pike with little ones in its mouth, an emblem of tyranny; a boar's head with an apple in its mouth to represent the king preying on his subjects; and calves' heads dressed in sundry ways to represent Charles in his regal capacity. After the banquet the king's book (Icon Basilike) was burnt and the parting toast was 'To those worthy patriots who killed the tyrant'.
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DATURINE

Daturine is a poisonous alkaloid found in the thorn-apple (Datura Stramonium), said to be identical with atropine, the alkaloid from deadly nightshade.
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GREEN

Green is a colour that ranges from yellow-green (lime green) to blue-green (turquoise).

• Apple - A more subdued pale green colour than lime, reminiscent of the colour of a green apple.
  
• Aquamarine - A vivid, pale, bluish-green colour.
  
• Avocado - A dull, medium-dark green colour often associated with bathroom fittings.
  
• Bottle Green - A dark green colour.
  
• Emerald - A vivid, brilliant medium to dark green colour. Emerald is also used to imply elegance and quality, indicative of the precious stone.
  
• Holly - A dark green.
  
• Jade green - A yellowish-green or bluish-green colour.
  
• Lime - A vivid, often lurid pale green colour.
  
• Lincoln Green - A vivid yellowish-green colour.
  
• Olive - A dull, medium-dark green colour.
  
• Pea Green - A yellowish green colour.
  
• Spearmint - A pale bluish-green.
  

NEW AGE POSSE

The New Age Posse (NAP) were a phreaking gang operating in Britain during the mid-1990's. The three main members of the gang were 'Rage', 'Raven' and 'Incinerator'. In 1994 the NAP accessed the 'Apple Computers Info Line' (the Apple Computer company's call handling system) and reprogrammed many of the exchange numbers allowing people in the know to dial a British free-call telephone number after six in the evening and by entering one of several three-digit codes, have their call connected to various computer virus, hacking, pirate software bulletin boards or chat-lines around the world, with the cost of the call being billed to the Apple Info Line, and not the person making the call.
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OAK-APPLE DAY

Oak-apple Day, on May the 29th, is the anniversary of the Restoration in 1660, and was formerly commemorated by the wearing of oak apples or oak leaves, recalling the Boscobel oak in which Charles II hid after the battle of Worcester.
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RED

Red is a colour ranging from pink (purple-red) to orange (yellow-red). Red is traditionally associated with danger, stop, blood, warnings, prohibition. Red can evoke images of blood, and hence of murder, of ghoulishness and of horror. Red is associated with energy, activity, anger, fertility and is associated with the planet Mars and with war.

• Apple - Almost any shade of red you wish. A purely poetic term, though more usually applied to a pale green.
  
• Auburn - A reddish-brown colour, the colour of an orang-utan's hair. Auburn is usually used to describe the colour of hair.
  
• Burgundy - A dark, purplish-red colour of Burgundy wine.
  
• Crimson - A deep rich-red inclining towards purple.
  
• Carmine - A deep tone of crimson.
  
• Cherry - A brilliant, bright red.
  
• Cerise - A moderate, dark red.
  
• Claret - A purplish-red.
  
• Cardinal Red - A deep, vivid red.
  
• Carnation - A pinkish-red colour.
  
• Dubonnet - A dark, purplish-red colour.
  
• Maroon - A dark, purplish-red colour intermediate between red and purple.
  
• Poppy - A scarlet red.
  
• Ruddle - A deep orange-red ochre-based pigment used for marking sheep.
  
• Ruddy - Tinged with red. Reddish. Implying a colour of blood.
  
• Rusty - Reddish-brown or brownish-orange colour of iron oxide (rust). Rusty implies decay, age, weathering.
  
• Rufous - Rust-coloured. Rufous implies more organic than mineral, an animal may be described as being rufous in colour, while a weathered piece of iron is more likely rusty.
  
• Russet - Reddish-brown. Russet is more usually applied to flora, such as apples or potatoes, while rufous may describe an animal and rusty a mineral or metal item.
  
• Rubicund - Tinged with red. Rubicund is used to describe a person's complexion, and implies the appearance that occurs as a result of excessive good living. The ruddy complexion one might achieve from plenty of alcohol consumption, for example.
  
• Sanguine - A rather archaic term for the red colour of blood, implying blood.
  
• Scarlet - A vivid red inclining towards orange.
  
• Vermillion - The brilliant scarlet red colour of cinnabar
  

ADAM'S PEARMAIN

Adam's Pearmain is a late dessert apple, probably from Norfolk, which was a Victorian favourite because of its rich aromatic flavour and crisp texture. It was widely grown in the nineteenth century, when fruiterers ' always paid good prices because it was attractive for windows'. The pear shaped fruits are of a medium size and can be stored until March. The vigorous trees have a spreading habit and pretty blossom.
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ALLIGATOR-APPLE

The alligator-apple (Anona palustris) is a narcotic fruit similar to the custard-apple. It is found in marshy areas of Jamaica.
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ANONA

Anona is a genus of plants, the type of the natural order Anonaceae. Anona squamdsa (sweet-sop) grows in the West Indian Islands, and yields an edible fruit having a thick, sweet, luscious pulp. Anona muricata, (sour-sop) is cultivated in the West and East Indies; it produces a large pear-shaped fruit, of a greenish colour, containing an agreeable slightly acid pulp. The genus produces other edible fruits, as the common custard-apple or bullock's heart, from Anona reticulata, and the cherimoyer of Peru, from Anona Cherimolia.
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