Every year in September old and young people take part in the apple harvest of Pulkau. Apples are vital for the region both in economy and medicine: “An apple a day, keeps the doctor away” is a well-known saying and apples are the fruitful source for other stories: “In a small apple, that looks quite lovely, inside there are five living rooms, just as in an ordinary house. In each snuggery a pit is living, pretty and fine...” Thus a nursery rhyme about an apple and a pit called Patrick starts. One day...