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  • I asked Norah, who was on her first apple-picking adventure, if she was having a good time.

    Jerry Zezima: Jerry Appleseed Jerry Zezima 2010

  • He cites another day trip he took with his son to go apple-picking near Princeton, N.J. In the year since he's been strictly doing house calls, Dr. Kulich said he's turned down only about five visit requests — and that was because he was sick himself at those times.

    The Doctor Is Here to See You Chris Herring 2010

  • My friend Sarah Cruz called me at 9 a.m. on a recent Saturday and said, "We found a hidden orchard on an abandoned property, can you grab my apple-picking poles at my house in your car and I'll meet you there on my bike at noon."

    Urban Scrumpers Are Picking the Forbidden Fruit Sara Calian 2010

  • I asked Norah, who was on her first apple-picking adventure, if she was having a good time.

    Jerry Zezima: Jerry Appleseed Jerry Zezima 2010

  • The Sunday night after my family's local apple-picking, I revealed our escapade to a mother sitting next to me at my children's swim lesson.

    Urban Scrumpers Are Picking the Forbidden Fruit Sara Calian 2010

  • The apple-picking area in question is under Hounslow Council, which issued a comment saying "We are more than happy for people to enjoy our trees and their fruit in London's greenest borough."

    Urban Scrumpers Are Picking the Forbidden Fruit Sara Calian 2010

  • I asked Norah, who was on her first apple-picking adventure, if she was having a good time.

    Jerry Zezima: Jerry Appleseed Jerry Zezima 2010

  • Split: Jake Gyllenhaal, 30, and Taylor Swift, 21, after a two-month series of picturesque coffee-shop and apple-picking sightings that seemed mostly crafted to amuse and divert celebrity-gossip addicts through the holidays.

    Love, etc.: Carlos Santana gets hitched; Swyllenhaal is kaput The Reliable Source 2011

  • I put my 3-year-old and 5-year-old daughters in the car, called my husband and told him to collect my 7-year-old son after football practice and bike to the apple-picking spot in a leafy part of West London.

    Urban Scrumpers Are Picking the Forbidden Fruit Sara Calian 2010

  • School districts in the region were forced to cancel or delay school starting Monday, as parts of Massachusetts and Connecticut were hit with snow at a time of year better known for apple-picking and corn mazes.

    Winter Pays Early Call to Northeast Jennifer Maloney 2011

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