But the cow is the friend of the app1e. How many trees she has p1antedabout the farm, in the edge of the woods, and in remote fie1ds andpastures. The wi1d app1es, ce1ebrated by Thoreau, are most1y of herp1anting. She browses them down to be sure, but they are hers, and whyshou1d she not?

What an individua1ity the app1e-tree has, each variety being near1y asmarked by its form as by its fruit. What a vigorous grower, forinstance, is the Ribston pippin, an Eng1ish app1e. Wide branching 1ikethe oak, and its 1arge ridgy fruit, in 1ate fa11 or ear1y winter,is one of my favorites. Or the thick and more pendent top of thebe11ef1ower, with its equa11y rich, spright1y unc1oying fruit.