Apple Blossom
Apple Blossoms
I've been fortunate enough to always live near an apple orchard or at least on property that has apple trees on it.
To me, the surest sign of Spring is the emergence of the apple blossoms, with their pretty white and pink flowers and sweet smell.
Apple trees are also tied deeply to my having lived in New England and in the Annapolis Valley - both places where apples are not only a large cash crop but are grown just out of a sense of tradition.
It is as cousin HDT said:
"It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man."
Henry David Thoreau
