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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Songkran—Thai New Year
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Taking the scenic route to Sturgis
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A black heron canopy feeding in Botswana
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Blue Lagoon spa, Grindavík, Iceland
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World Honey Bee Day
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Te Rewa Rewa Bridge near New Plymouth, New Zealand
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National Lighthouse Day
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Trullo buildings in Alberobello, Apulia, Italy
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Let’s talk fossils
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International Surfing Day
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Art in the high desert
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Illuminations on the Gulf of Poets
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Paleontology meets art
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Loud waters
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Bonifacio on the island of Corsica, France
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Blue hour in Trondheim, Norway
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Yellowstone for the National Park Services birthday
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Gespensterwald, Nienhagen, Germany
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Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico
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A river runs through rice fields
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Kirkjufell, Iceland
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Harvest time in the Palouse
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Pride Month
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Commemorating the life of a famous railroad conductor
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Go with the rainbow flow
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Staring down winter
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Saskatchewan s spookier side
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Diving into the underwater nirvana
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Speed skaters in the Gangneung Oval, Pyeongchang, South Korea
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A horse of many colors