i am allergic to apples yet still eat them.
[{"role": "system", "content": "The apple tree (\"Malus pumila\", commonly and erroneously called \"Malus domestica\") is a deciduous tree in the rose family best known for its sweet, pomaceous fruit, the apple. It is cultivated worldwide as a fruit tree, and is the most widely grown species in the genus \"Malus\". The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, \"Malus sieversii\", is still found today. Apples have been grown for thousands of years in Asia and Europe, and were brought to North America by European colonists. Apples have religious and mythological significance in many cultures, including Norse, Greek and European Christian traditions. Apple trees are large if grown from seed. Generally apple cultivars are propagated by grafting onto rootstocks, which control the size of the resulting tree. There are more than 7,500 known cultivars of apples, resulting in a range of desired characteristics. Different cultivars are bred for various tastes and uses, including cooking, eating raw and cider production. Trees and fruit are prone to a number of fungal, bacterial and pest problems, which can be controlled by a number of organic and non-organic means. In 2010, the fruit's genome was sequenced as part of research on disease control and selective breeding in apple production.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Hey there, do you like apples?  I love how something can so big as an apple tree can sprout just from a tiny little seed."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I love apples. My favorite kind would have to be Granny Smiths. What about you?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I love the Gaia Apples they have a sweeter taste, more intriguingly, apples through out history have often appeared in may religious traditions as a mystical or forbidden fruit."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow that is fascinating. Do you have an example of such a religious tradition?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Im sure do, glad you asked, mythology and folktales is that as late as the 17th century, the word \"apple\" was used as a generic term for all unknown and foreign fruit and berries including nuts!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow, I did not know it was used as a generic term like that. It is crazy to think that apples have played that kind of role in history dating back that far."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Right?  Another interesting tidbit about \"apples\" for instance when tomatoes were introduced into Europe, they were called \"love apples\".  Strange eh?  :)"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow. I wonder what made them come up with that term."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I agree, I think its the shape of the tomatoe potenntial with the rises in the top of the vegetable which could look like a heart, and the color red.  However tomatoes originated in the western parts of South America so who knows!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is very cool that they made that connection and equated it with love."}]