1. seeking out all ravens and checking their colour, or
2. seeking out all things that are not black and checking they are not ravens.
Looking at an apple constitutes evidence, in that it contributes to the second case, and that's not in doubt here. But you're really checking that the apple is not a raven.
If you believe that apples are not ravens (perhaps by definition), then checking an apple no longer contributes to the probability at all.