“We want a perfect apple—but if you spray everything, you aren’t going to have any apples at all.”

Apples from the bluff.

Apple season is upon us and varieties of apples for baking, bobbing, and just plain eating fill the co-op produce bins. Apples have always seemed to have a knack for taking advantage of the human craving for sweets, and humans have responded by planting apple trees all over the world.