Read the preface and Chapter 1. An Apple for Ursula from Priyanka Kumar's book, The Light Between Apple Trees: Rediscovering the Wild Through a Beloved American Fruit
https://islandpress.org/books/light-between-apple-trees#contents
"Nature writer Kumar (Conversations with Birds) explores the history and diversity of apples in this thorough mix of memoir and ecology... readers will be inspired to reconnect with nature."
Publishers Weekly
"A captivating cultural history of the heirloom apple, The Light Between Apple Trees delivers an urgent message about maintaining biodiversity during a time of ecological tumult."
Foreword Reviews
"Can a book about apple trees change the world? Priyanka Kumar's visionary book transformed the way I look at biodiversity and the wild, and I feel certain it will do the same for you."
Psychology Today
"A delicious book to savor from an author who’s impeccable research and "field work" in orchards and along river trails in Northern New Mexico combine with visceral memories from
