Naive search results, without explicit exegesis:
Google hits:
"la manzana grande" ... 52
"la gran manzana" ... 791
"nueva york la manzana grande" ... 0
"nueva york la gran manzana" ... 56
Search for ("la gran manzana" AND "la manzana grande") turns up just one item:
<<la manzana grande is gringo for la gran manzana>>
-- Doug Wilson