The best arrangement of the sentences that shows a smooth non-linear progression of events is:
Taylor, age 10, plants an apple seed. A tiny apple tree sprouts from the ground. Apples grow on the tree. Taylor, now a teenager, picks an apple off the tree.
This sequence logically depicts the chronological order of events: first, Taylor plants the seed, then the tree sprouts, followed by the growth of the apples, and finally Taylor picks the apple as a teenager.