I can be picked in a fall orchard or baked in a crisp pie, yet I am also the center of a beloved person's eye. What am I?
An apple
This puzzle connects the literal fruit harvested during autumn with the famous idiom 'the apple of my eye.' An apple is a red or green fruit grown on orchard trees and used in popular fall desserts. The idiom historically referred to the central pupil of an eye and now describes someone deeply cherished.
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