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\"\"<\/a>Yesterday I attended an apple tasting held here, were I live, at The Bishop\u2019s Ranch.\u00a0 The tables were filled with a vast array of apple varieties to taste, from \u201cArkansas Black\u201d to \u201cWinesap\u201d. The tasting was set amidst Gina\u2019s Orchard, surrounded by apple trees planted in the 1870s.\u00a0 The old Gravensteins though twisted and ancient, still strive towards their purpose\u2026 to bear fruit. Each year they go through the natural order of things: they bloom, they burst from bloom to tender leaf, they bear fruit, they give fruit to whomever and whatever finds sustenance in it, they drop their leaves and lay themselves bare to wait out the winter, ready, waiting to bloom again.\u00a0 Imagine these stalwart trees for 130 years fulfilling their destiny! What\u2019s to be learned from a life cycle fulfilled, what does it mean to bear fruit? I\u2019m not sure where this will take me, check back Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I attended an apple tasting held here, were I live, at The Bishop\u2019s Ranch.\u00a0 The tables were filled with a vast array of apple varieties to taste, from \u201cArkansas Black\u201d to \u201cWinesap\u201d. 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