Apples.

Factual Questions
1

where does the phrase ‘how bout dem apples?’ come from?

2

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=282232&highlight=them+apples

If you go to our search engine, and type in “them apples” using the quote marks, you find the thread we just did starting on 10-21-04.

My reply in that thread was