Fiddleheading on the Kennebec River

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Fiddleheading on the Kennebec River

From: Rob Rosenthal
Length: 00:04:14

Picking fiddleheads along the shores of the Kennebec River, Maine. Read the full description.

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FROM THE BEGINNING OF APRIL TO THE END OF MAY, YOU?LL FIND HARRY ABRAHAM AT RIVER?S EDGE FILLING PLASTIC BAGS WITH HIS FAVORITE LEAFY GREEN ? FIDDLEHEADS.

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not aired. featured on a cd audio tour.

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Host Intro:

NARRATOR -- THE KENNEBEC RIVER RUNS THROUGH THE HEART OF CENTRAL MAINE. FROM THE BEGINNING OF APRIL TO THE END OF MAY, YOU?LL FIND HARRY ABRAHAM AT RIVER?S EDGE FILLING PLASTIC BAGS WITH HIS FAVORITE LEAVY GREEN ? FIDDLEHEADS.

Harry While Picking - These are what we're looking for?some good ones here. (Sound of picking underneath.)

NARRATOR -- FIDDLEHEADS ARE EDIBLE FERNS. YOU PICK THEM BEFORE THEY UNFURL, WHEN THEY LOOK LIKE THE CURLED END OF A VIOLIN. HARRY'S DRESSED IN JEANS AND A LIGHT JACKET TO STAY DRY IN THE SPRING MIST. IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO FILL A BAG -- HARRY KNOWS WHERE THE GOOD ONES ARE.

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NOTE: Please include in an outro that this piece is part of the audio tour "Deep Woods and River Roads: Voices from the Kennebec-Chaudiere Heritage Corridor."
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http://www.kennebec-chaudiere.com/

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