Fill in the blank (_) in the following sentence from the following choices.
Sentence: James do not want the apple plucked last week, so he decided to pick the newly plucked orange. The _ is stale.

Choice 1: James do not want the apple plucked last week, so he decided to pick the newly plucked orange. The apple is stale.
Choice 2: James do not want the apple plucked last week, so he decided to pick the newly plucked orange. The orange is stale.
Which of the choices is correct? Respond with only "1" or "2" and no additional text.
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1 (The sentence is about James not wanting the apple that was plucked last week, so the apple must be the stale fruit mentioned in