Editorial Notebook - Apples, Apples, Apples - NYTimes.com
The good news is that apple trees don’t vanish when the harvest is over. Nor are they solely commercial. Every farmer, every homesteader in an apple climate, seems to have planted an apple tree. Many have been lost, but some still stand — old, overgrown trees producing long-forgotten varieties.
...We live now in the world of the generic apple, in large part because our taste buds have gone generic. Cultivating ourselves is the first step toward rediversifying the fields and orchards around us.
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