Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
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14, 1878
Edward Bunyard, , , , & , is born.

Edward , A of Hardy & The 's Companion.
Every he enjoyed his , Orléans Reinette, with a glass of .

He is for his , The of , in which he wrote,

It is the duty of an apple to be + , but a should have such a
as leads to ."

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Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
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November 22, 1819
, the English author, is born.

Eliot wrote,

I wish the sky would down ...
Why will it not?
Then all the valleys would be and white,
And soft to tread on.

Eliot loved the idea of raining roses but knew it was only a
She wrote,

It never rains roses.
When we want more roses, we must more...


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Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
246 followers · 122 posts · Server mindly.social

November 22, 1819
, the English author, is born.
My favorite quotes from Eliot are about her love of . She wrote:

"I think am quite wicked with roses.
I like to gather them and smell them till they have no scent left."

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Emma Harriet Nicholson · @Baroness_Nichol
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