"Every autumn, I begin to crave generic seasonal comforts: the hues of turning leaves, the chill of sweater weather. I'm not really a pumpkin-spice person, but I'm a sucker for a classic u-pick apple orchard."
"In California, where I live, the weather in autumn is often more like summer, and seasonal discomforts include heat waves and wildfires. But apples remain one of the harbingers of the changing seasons."
"Most of the fields here are now populated by high-end grape vines, but a few small apple growers persist, thanks in part to a recent resurgence in the popularity of hard cider."
"It filled me with shame. I demurred. 'No, not yet,' I said. Not ever, I said to myself. My apple trees, to my great shame, have never flowered, which means they have never made fruit."
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