noma ngempelasonto ezayo eNgilandi Usuku lwe-Apple (Usuku yi-apula minyaka yonke, ingadi yezithelo kanye nomcimbi wokubuka wendawo oxhaswe yinhlangano evamile yokusiza umphakathi kusukela ngo-1990.
Abagqugquzeli bakholelwa ukuthi i-Apple Day ingumgubho kanye nokubonisa ukwehluka nokunotha kwemvelo, kanye nesikhuthazo nesibonakaliso sokuthi nathi ngokwethu siyakwazi ukuthonya izinguquko ezenzeka nxazonke. Umqondo woSuku yilokho i-apula liwuphawu lokwehluka ngokomzimba, ngamasiko nangokofuzo, okungafanele umuntu akhohlwe ngayo.
Ngo-Apple Day, ungabona futhi unambithe amakhulukhulu ezinhlobonhlobo zama-apula, futhi izinhlobo eziningi ezitholakalayo azitholakali ezitolo ezijwayelekile. Abasebenzi bezinkulisa bathembisa ukuthenga izinhlobo ezingavamile zezihlahla zama-apula. Imvamisa insizakalo yokuhlonza i-apula iyabandakanyeka eholidini, elizocacisa ukuthi ululethe kuluphi uhlobo lwe-aphula ovela nalo engadini. Futhi "nodokotela we-apula" ungaxoxa ngazo zonke izinkinga zezihlahla zama-apula ezisengadini yakho.
Kukhona iziphuzo eziningi ngesikhathi sephathi, kusuka ku-chutney yezithelo nemifino kuya kujusi we-apula ne-cider. Kuvame ukubanjwa imiboniso yokwenza izitsha zama-apula ashisayo nabandayo. Kwesinye isikhathi ochwepheshe banikeza izifundo ngokuthena nokubumba umqhele, kanye nokuxhunyelelwa kwezihlahla zama-apula. Imidlalo ehlukahlukene, ukushaya ngomnsalo kwama-apula nezindaba “zama-apula” kudume kakhulu eholidini.
Ngosuku lweholide, kunomncintiswano womcu omude kunayo yonke yohlobo lwekhasi (Umncintiswano weLongest Peel), otholakala ngokuxebula i-apula. Umncintiswano ubanjelwa ukuxebulwa kwe-apula ngesandla nokuhlanzwa ngomshini noma enye idivayisi.
Ikhasi elide kakhulu le-apula libhalwe ku-Guinness Book of Records. Umlando womhlaba uthi: irekhodi lekhasi le-apula elide kakhulu elingenakuqhekeka lingeleMelika Kathy Walfer, owahluba i-apula amahora ayi-11 nemizuzu engama-30 futhi wathola ikhasi lelo amamitha angama-52 ubude amasentimitha angama-51 ubude. Ukuqoshwa kwaqoshwa ngo-1976 eNew York.