Fruits are a common subject of photographers and painters–perhaps because they (like sylvan landscapes) remind us of a world undisturbed by sin, and help us anticipate the restoration of the same.
Rood Remarks: A weekly blog about home orcharding and the history of fruit culture in America
He who owns a rood of proper land in this country, and in the face of all the pomonal riches of the day, only raises crabs and chokepears, deserves to lose the respect of all sensible men. –Andrew Jackson Downing
