If it"s autumn, it"s apple season—the time for apple pie, apple cider (and, of course, apple cider doughnuts), apple cake, caramel apples, or just biting into a fresh, crisp apple, especially one you picked yourself. There are more than 7,500 varieties of apples grown in the world—about 2,500 in the US. This blackbird is enjoying a crab apple, which most people find a little sour to eat right off the tree. They do, however, work well for jelly, apple butter, or even pie filling. The term "crab apple" doesn’t refer to a specific species but is used for several types of small apples. In Celtic culture, crab apples are associated with love and marriage. Supposedly if you throw the seeds into a fire while saying the name of your love, the seeds explode if your love is true. We"d try it but we"re busy baking a pie.
Bobbing for crab apples
Today in History
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Dressed to impress
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Square Tower House in Mesa Verde National Park
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Honoring our veterans
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Martinique
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Celebrating a Paris landmark
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International Tiger Day
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The Old City of Bern
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Milky Way over Zabriskie Point, California
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Have a ‘beary’ good Earth Day
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Hey, who’s in charge here?
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We heart Berlin
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Look to the north sky tonight for the Perseids
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Seven Magic Mountains art installation, Jean Dry Lake, Nevada
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Tracking ships on the Day of the Seafarer
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Hot and Spicy Food Day
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A memorial in Germany
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It s truffle season here in the Dordogne Valley
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New Zealand s loneliest mountain
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The forecast calls for blooms
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Sea Slug Day
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The borrowed days are here
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Hohenzollern Castle near Stuttgart, Germany
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US Coast Guard: Protecting us for 105 years
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World Laughter Day
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World Children s Day
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Beavers Bend
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Winter solstice
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It s superb owl Sunday
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Opt outside today
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Travel Sunday: Liverpool