And one of its biggest apple growers tells me:
“I’m Joel Crist.
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I → tell → me
Back to 1883, we’re fifth-generation growers.
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we → ’re → 1883
I eat them with peanut butter and raisins.
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I → eat → butter
“Our Hudson Valley company has over 200 people working.
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people → have → ?
We produce 75 million apples here.
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We → produce → apples
Florida to Maine, we ship three tractor-trailer loads a day.
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we → ship → loads
Five generations ago, my great-great-grandfather would take his horse and buggy into town.
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grandfather → take → town
Early generations filled barrels on barges, down the Hudson River into New York City.”
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generations → fill → City
This spring’s freeze killed fruit.
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freeze → kill → fruit
We supply millions of apples every year, and there’s drought, fire.
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We → supply → apples
All taste different.
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All → taste → ?
I learned it at Cornell.”
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I → learn → Cornell
Cornell has its own problems.
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Cornell → have → problems
“Yes, but our rich nutrient soil makes great applesauce, apple pie, apple cider.
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soil → make → applesauce
Apples cross-pollinate so every seed creates a new variety.
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seed → cross → variety
Rain makes them bigger.
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them → make → ?
Teams of world scientists pick them in fall.
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Teams → pick → fall
They taste different.
asserted
They → taste → ?
“We do varieties.
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We → do → varieties
Scientists and college consumers work on this.
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Scientists → work → this
Cornell scientists constantly crossbreed to create new varieties.
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scientists → crossbreed → varieties
Remember, an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
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apple → remember → doctor
Get one in July, it’s just as good as the one you get tomorrow.
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you → get → one
Something needs to be done about the mishmash on East 86th Street.
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Something → need → Street
Happier Grocery is now coming there, and Our Town’s Arlene Kayatt says the last thing that area needs is another grocery store.
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area → come → ?
86th’s corridor is beginning to resemble the Congo after a cranky animal fight.
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corridor → begin → fight
Not needed is another groceteria.
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groceteria → need → ?
Now supermarket Happier Grocery OK’d taking over the 21,000 square feet that housed City Cinemas.
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that → take → Cinemas
Everyone loved that movie house.
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Everyone → love → house
This street does not need another grocery store.
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street → need → store
East 86th remains a store mishmash — some open, some languishing.
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some → remain → ?
“It has perennial scaffolding, overflowing trash cans, delivery bikes parked everywhere, crime, homelessness,” Kayatt writes.
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Kayatt → have → scaffolding
Happier Grocery does nada happiness to 86th.
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Grocery → do → 86th
One’s hustling tomatoes, another’s heavy on string beans.
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another → hustle → beans
Big, small, who cares?
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who → care → ?
All look alike.
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All → look → ?
How different can you dress a cucumber?
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you → dress → cucumber
Soon come polls.
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polls → come → ?
One from WalletHub actually considered Idaho as the “No. 1 state” to live in.
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One → consider → state
Substack’s Jim Fragale read that somewhere and says he’s never even met anyone from there.
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he → read → anyone
…and 3 more, not listed.
The Aporia
