Looking for origins in literature can be misconstrued since most writers beg borrow or steal stories from the lower order;) So, my take: here in the GPNW all the best fruit, all the best logs, etc. were exported to Japan. I read the same was true for New York City; all the best of everything went to NYC. Now it stands to reason if you're a apple farmer in Tennessee NYC would be The Big Apple, and it could be the denizens of Gotham liked this saying so much, (being easily flattered), they glommed onto it, and then the argument began: what genius, (or low life), was the originator of said phrase. Frodenizenshe Weihnachten
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