Orchard fruits (6)
I believe the answer is:
'orchard fruits' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for apples that I've seen before include "''The silver ... of the moon, / The golden ... of the sun'' (W B Yeats)" , "Russets, pippins etc" , "Stairs (Cockney rhyming slang)" , "Eg, russets, pippins" , ""____, cherries, hops and women"" .)