âI have to stop it from going over the neighborâs wall,â he says. The chayote is a Cuban variety -- grown from a single fruit that he bought at a market and planted when a shoot began emerging from one end.
apple of discord - (classical mythology) a golden apple thrown into a banquet of the gods by Eris (goddess of discord--who had not been invited); the apple had `for the fairest' written on it and Hera and Athena and Aphrodite all claimed it; when Paris (prince of Troy) awarded it to Aphrodite it began a chain of events that led to the Trojan War
Apple seeds contain small traces of cyanide. There goes the 'an apple a day' phrase right out the window. Apples seeds, much like the red kidney beans, contain traces of cyanide. Although, in extremely small amounts, the seeds in one apple aren't enough to kill. Get you feeling nauseated and sick, but not proving to be fatal. But, have enough of them and it is perfectly possible to kill yourself.