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The arms of House Fossoway of Cider Hall
The arms of House Fossoway of New Barrel

Apple are the edible fruits of apple trees.

Culture

Apples can be eaten by themselves or be prepared in cuisine, including baked apples,[1] dried apples,[2] apple crisps,[3] applecakes,[4] apple tarts,[5] stewed apples,[6] applesauce,[7] buns,[8] oatbread,[9] and in salads.[10][11] Apples are sometimes included in bowls of brown.[12]

Cider is a popular alcoholic beverage made from fermented apples.[13] Wine can be made from green apples.[14]

Apples are included in the sigils of House Fossoway of Cider Hall and House Fossoway of New Barrel.[3] Ser Derrick Fossoway, one of the Ninepenny Kings, was known as the Bad Apple.[15]

History

Foss the Archer, a legendary son of Garth Greenhand, is remembered for shooting apples off the heads of maids he fancied.[16] Rowan Gold-Tree, one of Garth's legendary daughters, is said to grown a tree from an apple wrapped in her golden hair.[16]

According to Septon Barth, Lady Florence Fossoway's bookkeeping skills came from "counting apples since she learned to walk".[17]

Queen Daenaera Velaryon was the target of an assassination attempt when the crusts of her apple tarts were poisoned.[18]

Ser Arlan of Pennytree often gave apples to Chestnut. When Ser Duncan the Tall sold Sweetfoot to Henly, he gave a few [[currency|coppers] back so that the horse could have some oats and an apple.[19]

Lord Randyll Tarly forbade his son Samwell from eating apples while at the Arbor after Lord Paxter Redwyne compared the youth to a pig with an apple in its mouth.[20]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Lord Petyr Baelish eats an apple and tosses it into the Blackwater Rush while waiting for Lord Eddard Stark.[21] Eddard learns from Jon Arryn's former stableboy that Lord Arryn always brought carrots and apples for his horses.[22] Eddard sees farmers selling apples at the market near the River Gate.[22]

Baked apples fragrant with cinnamon are served during the Hand's tourney.[1]

Jon Snow has applecakes and blood sausage for breakfast at Castle Black.[4] Jon takes a small withered brown apple when he attempts to desert from the Night's Watch.[23]

Before killing the stallion which will be used for Khal Drogo's funeral pyre, Aggo feeds it a withered apple.[24]

A Clash of Kings

Lothor Brune eating an apple, by Alexandre Dainche © Fantasy Flight Games

Queen Regent Cersei Lannister recalls that the boar which had killed King Robert I Baratheon was served with mushrooms and apples at his funeral feast.[25]

Yoren has his young recruits gather apples from orchards.[26]

Apples are among the goods brought by the Myraham to Lordsport.[14]

Baked apples are served at the harvest feast in Winterfell,[27] and apple crisps are served at Bitterbridge.[3]

Remaining behind to protect his sworn brothers from wildlings in the Skirling Pass, Squire Dalbridge asks for his garron to be given an apple once it is home.[28]

Lothor Brune becomes known as Lothor Apple-Eater after slaying Ser Bryan and Ser Edwyd from House Fossoway of Cider Hall and Ser Jon from House Fossoway of New Barrel.[29]

Meera Reed finds a big sack of apples in the kitchens of Winterfell.[30]

A Storm of Swords

Traveling in the riverlands, Arya Stark, Gendry, and Hot Pie pass through a burned village in which a dozen men hang from apple trees.[31]

Bran Stark and his companions see a dozen apple trees among the inn at Queenscrown.[32]

A Feast for Crows

Alleras holding an apple, by elalendi ©

At the Quill and Tankard, Alleras uses apples thrown by Mollander for target practice.[13]

Brienne Tarth sees a grove of apple trees at the Quiet Isle.[33]

A Dance with Dragons

Lord Davos Seaworth speaks with an apple seller at Fishfoot Yard in White Harbor.[34]

Apples are among the rations given by the Night's Watch to free folk at Mole's Town.[35]

The ironborn of Asha Greyjoy drink Galbart Glover's apple wine.[36]

Quotes

He kept the apple for last. It had gone a little soft, but the flesh was still tart and juicy.[23]

—thoughts of Jon Snow

Pork's always best with applesauce, I find.[7]

Tommen loves applecakes. Try not to let any sellswords make off with them.[37]

Ben: I'm no maester, mind you, but I know you got to keep the bad apples from the good.
Daenerys: These are not apples, Ben. These are men and women, sick and hungry and afraid.[38]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 29, Sansa II.
  2. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 17, Arya III.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II.
  4. 4.0 4.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 48, Jon VI.
  5. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 30, Arya VII.
  6. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 3, Jon I.
  7. 7.0 7.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 33, Samwell II.
  8. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 55, Jon VII.
  9. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 60, Tyrion VIII.
  10. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 54, Tyrion XII.
  11. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 60, Sansa VI.
  12. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 65, Arya V.
  13. 13.0 13.1 A Feast for Crows, Prologue.
  14. 14.0 14.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 11, Theon I.
  15. The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Jaehaerys II.
  16. 16.0 16.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: Garth Greenhand.
  17. Fire & Blood, The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain.
  18. Fire & Blood, The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency.
  19. The Hedge Knight.
  20. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 15, Samwell II.
  21. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 20, Eddard IV.
  22. 22.0 22.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 27, Eddard VI.
  23. 23.0 23.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 70, Jon IX.
  24. A Game of Thrones, Chapter 72, Daenerys X.
  25. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 3, Tyrion I.
  26. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 9, Arya III.
  27. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 21, Bran III.
  28. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 53, Jon VII.
  29. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 65, Sansa VIII.
  30. A Clash of Kings, Chapter 69, Bran VII.
  31. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 3, Arya I.
  32. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 40, Bran III.
  33. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 31, Brienne VI.
  34. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 15, Davos II.
  35. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 21, Jon V.
  36. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 26, The Wayward Bride.
  37. A Storm of Swords, Chapter 67, Jaime VIII.
  38. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 30, Daenerys V.