WILD APPLES, CONTINUED

MEDIUM SIZED RED APPLES AND OPEN, SPREADING HABIT...

...GOLDEN YELLOW APPLES AND WEEPING HABIT...

...SPREADING HABIT, LOADED WITH RUBY-RED SMALL APPLES

Sunday, 8:20 AM.  29 degrees at the ferry dock, 26 on the back porch  Wind NW, with light to moderate gusts.  The sky is clear except for some clouds on the eastern horizon.  Enough icy snow pellets fell last night to whiten lawns and rooftops.  The humidity is down to 50% with the cold temperatures, and the barometer is steady but starting to rise, now at 29.75".  We are on the leading edge of a huge cold air mass pushing into mid-continental North America from a big storm off Alaska, and we are due for snow showers and unseasonably cold weather most of next week.
   As captivated as I am with Bayfield's wild apples, I decided to add a few more in today's post.
   By the way, did you know that apple seeds are poisonous?  Eating an apple core won't hurt you, but apple seeds contain cyanide, in the form of prussic acid (HCN), and there are enough urban legends regarding apple seed poisoning, including at least one tale of death, that the matter should be taken fairly seriously. Evidently enough people like the taste of apple seeds that they are sometimes saved up and eaten in quantity, and that should definitely not be done, as even a quarter of a cup of the seeds is enough to be harmful, and children and smaller adults should definitely not eat many apple seeds.