Wild Apples

Wild Apples is a collection of essays by the renowned American author and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau. Originally published in 1862, the book is a tribute to the wild apple, a fruit that Thoreau believed held a special place in American culture and history. In the essays, Thoreau reflects on his own experiences foraging for wild apples in the forests of New England, as well as on the cultural and historical significance of the fruit. He explores the ways in which wild apples have been used in cooking, cider-making, and medicine, and he reflects on the ways in which they have been celebrated in literature and art. Thoreau's writing is characterized by his keen observations of the natural world and his ability to draw philosophical insights from his experiences. Wild Apples is a beautiful and thought-provoking book that celebrates the simple pleasures of nature and the importance of preserving the natural world.So much for the more civilized apple-trees (urbaniores, as Pliny calls them). I love better to go through the old orchards of ungrafted apple-trees, at whatever season of the year, --so irregularly planted: sometimes two trees standing close together; and the rows so devious that you would think that they not only had grown while the owner was sleeping, but had been set out by him in a somnambulic state. The rows of grafted fruit will never tempt me to wander amid them like these. But I now, alas, speak rather from memory than from any recent experience, such ravages have been made!This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work