12-26-12: The Ugly Apple

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An apple tree grows in a city park, producing apples that are delicious and healthy but marred with ugly black blotches.  In this essay, the author suggests that most apples would look like this without pesticides, suggesting that our modern idea of beauty is achieved through chemical warfare on nature.