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This apple tree is not the first one I draw, but perhaps the thousandth. I feel the sap rise to its spreading branches. I feel in my toes how its roots grip the earth.

Frederick Franck

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Frederick Franck
Age: 97 †
Born: 1909
Born: April 12
Died: 2006
Died: June 5
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