Lan Tuazon and Starlee Kine-

Clandestine Botanists

 



Early Easter morning I set out to North Brother Island with Lan Tuazon and Starlee Kine.

Lan had the idea to plant a peach tree there in memory of Mary Mallon.


'Typhoid Mary' was imprisoned on North Brother for 23 years. She was the first known carrier of Typhoid fever.

And as a cook in New York, her favorite and most requested dish: peach ice cream.

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Our plan

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was to find her house

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and plant the tree out front.

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It was important to get to the island before the light came up.

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Or we might be spotted.

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North Brother is a bird sanctuary

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and off limits to visitors.

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But we are careful around the birds and nests.

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We think we found the right spot.

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