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Title: Wild Apples

Note: Reading ease score: 71.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Credits: Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Summary: "Wild Apples" by Henry David Thoreau is a reflective and insightful exploration of the apple tree and its significance, written in the mid-19th century. This publication combines elements of natural history, philosophy, and botany, focusing on the wild apple's cultural and ecological importance. Thoreau intertwines his appreciation for the wild apple with commentary on human cultivation and the subtleties of nature, thus creating a celebration of the natural world. In "Wild Apples," Thoreau examines the history of the apple tree, its growth, and its various forms in nature, contrasting cultivated and wild varieties. He reflects on the beauty, flavors, and fragrances of wild apples while illustrating their connection to rural life and folklore. Through rich descriptive language, he evokes the sensory experiences of encountering wild apples, emphasizing their unique character and the joy of foraging. Thoreau also addresses the decline of these wild trees, lamenting the loss of traditional practices and the increasing preference for cultivated varieties, thus calling attention to the broader implications of human activity on nature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

EBook No.: 4066

Published: May 1, 2003

Downloads: 182

Language: English

Subject: Apples

LoCC: Agriculture: Plant culture

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

This edition has images.

Title: Wild Apples

Note: Reading ease score: 71.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Credits: Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Summary: "Wild Apples" by Henry David Thoreau is a reflective and insightful exploration of the apple tree and its significance, written in the mid-19th century. This publication combines elements of natural history, philosophy, and botany, focusing on the wild apple's cultural and ecological importance. Thoreau intertwines his appreciation for the wild apple with commentary on human cultivation and the subtleties of nature, thus creating a celebration of the natural world. In "Wild Apples," Thoreau examines the history of the apple tree, its growth, and its various forms in nature, contrasting cultivated and wild varieties. He reflects on the beauty, flavors, and fragrances of wild apples while illustrating their connection to rural life and folklore. Through rich descriptive language, he evokes the sensory experiences of encountering wild apples, emphasizing their unique character and the joy of foraging. Thoreau also addresses the decline of these wild trees, lamenting the loss of traditional practices and the increasing preference for cultivated varieties, thus calling attention to the broader implications of human activity on nature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

EBook No.: 4066

Published: May 1, 2003

Downloads: 182

Language: English

Subject: Apples

LoCC: Agriculture: Plant culture

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.