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The Light Between Apple Trees
Rediscovering the Wild Through a Beloved American Fruit
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About this book
Featured on NPR's Living on Earth
Foreword Reviews' Book of the Day
Food Tank's Fall Reading Recommendation
"A deeply meditative book in the vein of Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass."
—Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus
As a child in the foothills of the Himalayas, Priyanka Kumar was entranced by forest-like orchards of diverse and luscious fruit—especially apples. These biodiverse orchards seemed worlds away from the cardboard apples that lined supermarket shelves in the United States. Yet on a small patch of woods near her home in Santa Fe, Kumar discovered a wild apple tree—and the seeds of an odyssey were planted. Could the taste of a feral apple offer a doorway to the wild? In The Light Between Apple Trees, Kumar takes us on a dazzling and transformative journey to rediscover apples, unearthing a rich and complex history while illuminating how we can reimagine our relationship with nature.
Apples are popular, but in our everyday lives we rarely encounter more than a handful of varieties: of the sixteen thousand apple varieties once celebrated in America, scarcely a fifth remain accessible. Kumar reveals the richness of a hidden world, bringing readers to the vibrant forests and orchards where historic trees still survive. These mature and wild orchards offer more than just fruit: they are havens for creatures from hummingbirds to bears and a living connection to generations past. She brilliantly weaves together science and childhood memories with the apple's storied history, from its roots in Kazakhstan to Spanish orchards in the Southwest and Thomas Jefferson's beloved Monticello fruitery.
The Light Between Apple Trees is a lyric odyssey that will forever change how you look at an "apple a day." Kumar shows how—if we follow untamed paths—the tang and texture of an apple can lead us back to the wild.
Foreword Reviews' Book of the Day
Food Tank's Fall Reading Recommendation
"A deeply meditative book in the vein of Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass."
—Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus
As a child in the foothills of the Himalayas, Priyanka Kumar was entranced by forest-like orchards of diverse and luscious fruit—especially apples. These biodiverse orchards seemed worlds away from the cardboard apples that lined supermarket shelves in the United States. Yet on a small patch of woods near her home in Santa Fe, Kumar discovered a wild apple tree—and the seeds of an odyssey were planted. Could the taste of a feral apple offer a doorway to the wild? In The Light Between Apple Trees, Kumar takes us on a dazzling and transformative journey to rediscover apples, unearthing a rich and complex history while illuminating how we can reimagine our relationship with nature.
Apples are popular, but in our everyday lives we rarely encounter more than a handful of varieties: of the sixteen thousand apple varieties once celebrated in America, scarcely a fifth remain accessible. Kumar reveals the richness of a hidden world, bringing readers to the vibrant forests and orchards where historic trees still survive. These mature and wild orchards offer more than just fruit: they are havens for creatures from hummingbirds to bears and a living connection to generations past. She brilliantly weaves together science and childhood memories with the apple's storied history, from its roots in Kazakhstan to Spanish orchards in the Southwest and Thomas Jefferson's beloved Monticello fruitery.
The Light Between Apple Trees is a lyric odyssey that will forever change how you look at an "apple a day." Kumar shows how—if we follow untamed paths—the tang and texture of an apple can lead us back to the wild.
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eBook ISBN
9781642833645Subtopic
BotanyTable of contents
- Cover Page
- Subscribe to Island Press
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. An Apple for Ursula
- 2. In Search of Feral Apples
- 3. The Venerable Crab
- 4. Seeking Celestial Apples
- 5. The Fruitery
- 6. Ten Thousand Varieties
- 7. The Flow of Energy
- 8. Pulling the Crank
- 9. Wild Horses
- 10. Industrial Fruit
- 11. The Archbishop’s Garden
- 12. Community Making
- 13. Mapping the Orchard
- 14. The Generosity of Blossoms
- 15. Cow Creek Runs Through Paradise
- 16. True Wild
- 17. Love Notes from Nature
- 18. Summer Lake
- 19. The Hidden Rose
- 20. The Songs of Ancient Trees
- 21. Newtown
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Select Sources
- About the Author