An apple from the past

It is interesting how certain phrases from years past, of no consequence, will stock in your mind. My grandfather died in 1975, and this would have been some time before that. He was eating a slightly over-ripe apple at the time, and commented, "Sometimes I like a good meller (mellow) apple." I don't know why, but I have remembered that statement ever since. I think of it just about every time I eat one of those apples.