pomme d'api
/ˌpɒm daˈpiː/(also pomme d'Api, pomme d'Apis)
noun
A small crisp variety of dessert apple, brightly flushed and formerly much valued for its decorative qualities.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in John Worlidge (d. 1693), writer on agriculture. From French pomme d'api, apparently from French pomme + de + Appius, the name of a Roman who is said by Pliny to have grafted the apple on a quince stock, after classical Latin mālum Appiānum (Pliny).