What is the importance of "apple blossoms" in the novel, Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen?

Apple Blossoms are some of the most beautiful flowers that bloom in the land, and are especially revered because they are the only flower to bloom in autumn. Every year, a massive Apple Blossom Festival is held to appreciate the flower's beauty. The apple blossoms are symbolic of Snow White - both bloom into beauty when surrounded by death (autumn is traditionally thought of as the time when nature dies).