Bountiful Harvest

“A drop fell on the apple tree
Another on the roof;
A half a dozen kissed the eaves,
And made the gables laugh.” (Emily Dickinson)

This year our apple trees yielded a great abundance of apples on our Yellow Transparent trees and our Macintosh. Our UPS driver, while delivering a package, recently asked if he could pick some as he uses them to make homemade apple cider. I thought that was a fair exchange not to mention it was putting them to good use. My favorite apple is the Cortland and my family enjoys them in my homemade cinnamon apple cake and apple pie.

I remember my father would buy bushels of apples every fall and he would literally eat the entire apple, seeds and all, except the stem.

While this delicious fruit is healthy and what the doctor recommends to eat daily, I was thinking about a common misconception of what apple seeds contain. I have heard some say they contain traces of arsenic and others say they have ricin. After doing some online research, I found this interesting link (Medical News Today) that states apple seeds contain “amygdalin which is converted into cyanide when the seeds are chewed or crushed. Cyanide is highly poisonous and can be deadly in high doses.” The article further goes on to say “you would probably need to thoroughly chew and swallow over 150 seeds before you experienced any adverse symptoms. So if you accidentally eat a few apple seeds, there is no need to worry.” So my father apparently tested that concept and suffered no ill effects.

I am wearing a Levi’s Red Tab denim western shirt with pearl snap buttons. The skinny jeans are by Kensie and called Effortless Ankle. The booties are Naturalizer’s Greyson Ankle Boot. These booties are the most comfortable pair of shoes I own besides sneakers.

The deep pink tank top is by Chico’s Travelers Collection. It is comfortable and wrinkle free.

(From Pinterest)

From the “Wizzard of Oz”:

Scarecrow: Come along Dorothy. You don’t want any of those apples.

Apple Tree: Are you hinting my apples aren’t what they ought to be?

Scarecrow: Oh, no! It’s just that she doesn’t like little green worms!

Enjoy your week; I have to go bake a pie now.