Focusing on the human relationship with plants, the author of Second nature uses botany to explore four basic human desires, sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control, through portraits of four plants that embody them, the apple, tulip, marijuana, and potato. Every school child learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers; the bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers' genes far...

The author, co-owner of the seven-acre Lost Nation Orchard and Cider Mill in New Hampshire, shares what he has learned by practice and study of organic fruit production, discussing climate, fertilization, planting, pruning, pests and diseases, harvesting, and marketing.

"Beyond the predictable grocery store displays is a world of apples few have ever explored. In Apples of North America, fifth-generation apple grower Tom Burford shares portraits of little-known but delicious varieties -- from American Beauty to Yellow Bellflower, in flavors sweet to spicy to tart. You'll learn how best to grow apples at home -- including planting and pruning -- plus way ways to preserve harvests through pressing, fermenting, cooking,...

A tall tree with bright red apples grows in a backyard. It was once a tiny seed. So how did the apple tree get so big? Beginning readers will discover how a seed turns into an apple tree in clear, simple steps in this basic introduction to plant development. Each 24-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. The clear text, fresh design, and colorful, eye-catching photos are sure to capture...

Invites the reader to tap, rub, touch, and wiggle illustrations to make an apple tree bloom, produce fruit, and lose its leaves.

While on a school field trip to an orchard to make cider, a young immigrant named Farah gains self-confidence when the green apple she picks perfectly complements the other students' red apples.

The reader must help Bunny as he gathers apples to eat, and uses his red scarf to climb a tree or create a rope bridge.