Letter XIII. 1890 To Olympius . As all the fruits of the season come to us in their proper time, flowers in spring, corn in summer, and apples 1891 in autumn, so the fruit for winter is talk. 1890     Placed with the preceding. 1891     μῆλον .  But, like the Latin malum , this word served for more than we mean by “apple.”  So the malum Cydonium was quince, the malum Persicum , peach, etc.