Rootbound — An Invitation to Autumn, Page 7
By Suha · Published
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A two-panel comic page set at night in a greenhouse or garden walkway. The top panel shows a man and woman walking past a row of flowering plants in a wooden barrel. The bottom panel is a close-up of the woman using a small brush to pollinate white apple blossoms. Visible text, in reading order: Wren: This one flowers at the same time. Fern: Then we can introduce them.
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A two-panel comic page set at night in a greenhouse or garden walkway. The top panel shows a man and woman walking past a row of flowering plants in a wooden barrel. The bottom panel is a close-up of the woman using a small brush to pollinate white apple blossoms.
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.