Clayton and Desmond work together to try to find the biggest apple for a school contest, but when realize they will not win they find a better use for all of the apples they have collected.

"It's a great day to pick apples. Soon Pepper and Berry will take a sweet, surprise treat for their friends."--Back cover.

In 1881, when their apple tree is felled by a storm just before Christmas, a young farm girl and her family discover that the tree was important to each of them for different reasons.

The family sets out on the Oregon Trail with wagons full of fledgling fruits trees to begin "the most daring adventure in the history of fruit." With rivers to ride, folks making fun, and rain causing a ruckus, will Delicious and her family make it to Oregon safely with Daddy's precious plants preserved?

In preparation for Halloween night, a family visits Mr. Comstock's farm to pick apples and pumpkins.