Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 1 13 



What plant we in this apple-tree? 

 Fruits that shall swell m sunny June, 

 And redden in the August noon, 

 And drop, when gentle airs come by, 

 That fan the blue September sky, 



While children come, with cries of glee, 

 And seek them where the fragrant grass 

 Betrays their bed to those who pass. 



At the foot of the apple-tree. 



The fruitage of this apple-tree 

 Winds and our flag of stripe and star 

 Shall bear to coasts that lie afar, 

 Where men shall wonder at the view, 

 And ask in what fair groves they grew; 



And sojourners beyond the sea 

 Shall think of childhood's careless day, 

 And long, long hours of summer play, 



In the shade of the apple-tree." 



— William Cull en Bryant. 



