I think oranges and citrus generally is a weird variable because it’s hard to grow outside of tropical climates or advanced techniques:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangery
> In England, John Parkinson introduced the orangery to the readers of his Paradisus in Sole (1628), under the heading "Oranges". The trees might be planted against a brick wall and enclosed in winter with a plank shed covered with "cerecloth", a waxed precursor of tarpaulin, which must have been thought handsomer than the alternative:
> > For that purpose, some keep them in great square boxes, and lift them to and fro by iron hooks on the sides, or cause them to be rowled by trundels, or small wheeles under them, to place them in a house or close gallery.
So apples and oranges aren’t equally Veblen goods, which is another wrinkle. Apples can grow nearly anywhere, and do.
More context here:
https://www.gardenhistorygirl.co.uk/post/the-juicy-tale-of-t... | https://archive.is/l580N
Specific citrus fruits are sacred:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etrog
I’ve never heard of apples being special outside of the Garden of Eden.
Interesting caption from that next to last link that perhaps goes against my point but is relevant to apples versus oranges comparisons:
> 'Hesperides' by Giovanni Battista Ferrari published in Rome,1646. Its full title meaning 'Hesperides, or, On the cultivation and use of the golden apple' (golden apples referring to citrus fruit)