The Bounty Of An Apricot Tree On DeGraw Street

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(photo credit: Jo Anne Kelly Richards)

(photo credit: Jo Anne Kelly Richards)

(photo credit: Jo Anne Kelly Richards)

(photo credit: Jo Anne Kelly Richards)

Carroll Gardener Jo Anne Kelly Richards was walking down DeGraw Street when she came upon a sign taped to a pole warning of  apricots falling from a tree in a side yard.   Sure enough,  branches heavy with fruit hang over the sidewalk.

Jo Anne writes:  'Over-ripe, fallen apricots rest in peace, curb side. A guy, passing by, said to me, 'I don't know why people aren't picking them up. They are $9.99 a pound." I said, "I think they are ripe when they fall, and not particularly appetizing when they land.'

Luckily, someone had set aside some of the unblemished apricots. "I saw a purple plate, on the sidewalk, beside the fence, under the apricot tree offering three perfectly ripe, local, golden fruits,'  Jo Anne says. "With gratitude for apricots, considerate neighbors, signs of falling fruit, ALL trees, conjuring up the motivation to venture out on a hot summer day, and my life in this diverse neighborhood, I adopted one of the three apricots offered."

I just walked by the tree yesterday and there are still some apricots hanging far up in the tree.  What bounty.  Thanks for pointing it out to us, Jo Anne.