Apple

Red Apples are food items that were added in early Indev. Apples exist in Beta mode, as well as the removed Indev, Infdev and Alpha modes. Apples fill, but are not a reliable food source.

When Indev was still new, Apples were items brought in to replace Brown Mushrooms to heal health. The player would spawn in an Indev House by a chest containing 99 Apples and other tools. In later updates, the chests inside the House were removed, and Apples became impossible to find in a map.

Apples remained impossible to find until Survival Multiplayer. To find one, the player must kill Notch. In addition to his inventory, Notch would drop a Red Apple. The only other way to obtain apples was to hack the player's inventory.

Since 1.8, apples can now be legitimately obtained through chests in strongholds.

As of 11w48a pre-release, leaves have a slight chance of dropping a Red Apple.

As a crafting ingredient
Red Apples can be used to craft a Golden Apple.

Pros

 * Red Apples can be used as a crafting ingredient to make golden apples.
 * Red Apples are valuable due to their rarity.

Cons

 * Red Apples can be difficult to find (they naturally existed only in strongholds) prior to the 11w48 release.
 * Red Apples restore only two hunger.
 * Golden Apples are outclassed by Potions of Regeneration.

Future
Due to their current un-renewability, Jeb has expressed interest in adding Apple Trees. Note: as of the 11w48a weekly pre-release, leaves have a chance of dropping a Red Apple

Gallery
Roter Apfel Pomme rouge Alma Rode appel Jabłko (czerwone) Красное яблоко Red Apple/ch