Rootbound — An Invitation to Autumn, Page 11
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Days later, Fern examines a blossom on the tubbed apple tree while Wren watches. In the lower panel, she supports Ida as the older woman studies the plant. No ripe apple is shown. Visible text, in reading order: Narrator: A few days later. Fern: One small beginning. Ida: Do not rush on my account.
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Days later, Fern examines a blossom on the tubbed apple tree while Wren watches. In the lower panel, she supports Ida as the older woman studies the plant. No ripe apple is shown.
About this chapter
White petals lead Fern and Wren into Room Six, where an apple tree flowers without fruit for a dead gardener's promise to Ida. Fern finds a compatible neighbour and hand-pollinates the blossoms, but refuses to promise a harvest she cannot control. Ida's willingness to wait releases the keeper. Days later a fruitlet forms, while soil creeps beneath Room Seven.