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Issue No. 49 — Harvest Notes

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The Linden Letter · Issue No. 49

Harvest Notes

On orchards, patience, and the last of the plums.

Mara Ellison·24 July 2026·6 min read

The light over the orchard has gone amber again, and the trees are doing what they do in late October — holding on to their leaves like a miser holds coins.

The orchard does not hurry, and neither shall we.
— from the margin of the October draft

The north orchard, Tuesday. Photograph by the author.

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