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A Profusion of Pickable Apples, and Particulars on the Pigs Party.

THE VEGETABLES ARE PANICKING.  They know it is time for the apples to shine, and they don’t want to be left on the vine. So, they’ve been photobombing.  Just to say, “We’re still here.”  You can’t get an apple picture … Continue reading

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High Apple Season Kicks Off with Empire, Fuji, Macoun and Cortland.

BRITISH PEOPLE ARE such badasses.  They bite into scarred and scabby apples as readily as they levy taxes on overseas colonies. They festishize the pippins and russets and kernels.  A gnarly, busted up skin is believed to reveal an Old-World … Continue reading

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Veggiestock Hits Farm Country With “Pecks, Hugs, and Rock-n-Roll.”

IN THE WEE HOURS, millions came out to look at the moon.  They had just watched the lunar landing on live TV.  It was 1969.  Today, people still remember that night in high definition.  Other folks can say where they … Continue reading

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