Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-09-28
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A homely subject enough, many will saw
but an important one nevertheless, in the edi
BILE world, and its virtuous tendencies will be
evident enough before we get through with if.
we are disposed to no glowing eulOgy on an
pies, either raw, roast, bakeh stewed fried.
puddlnged, or preserved. We propose TO
speak simply what We know, what we have
already lived on for weeks past, and what we
In all honesty recommend to every good house
keeper-most emphatically to those having
families of children.
sweet apple, sound and fair has a deal of
sugar or sachaIine in its composition. 1t is
therefore, nutritious; for sweet apples, ra,0
VIII tat cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, and poultry
Cooked sweet apples will 'fat' children, and
make grown people feshy-"fat" not being,
usually, polite word, as applied to grown per-
sons Children being more of the animal
than grown folks, we are not so fastidious in
Their classification. But to the matter in
question. In every good farmers house who
has an orchard, baked S yeet apples are an
institution in their season. Every body,
from the toddling baby holding up by his faith
ers knee-children are decidly household
commodity-away back to "our reverend
grandmother" in her rocking. chair. loves
them. To sweetmeat smothered in sugar is
nall SO good; no aroma of dissolved cunfcc-
ton ry is half so simple as the soft, pulpy
flesh OF well baked apple, of the right kind
1t IS good i'll milk, with bread. 1t is good on
your plate, with breakfast, dinner or supper
we don't take tea" at our house. 1t is good
every way-"vehement good"-as an en-.
thusastic friend of ours once said of tomatoes.
Now, for the kind of apple to bake, and the
choice of them in this, the midst of the apple
season. Apples have two quaIities-one for
eating raw, out of the hand another for
cooking, or cider purposes. We cannot go
into the explanation of all these at this time,
but will recur to it hereafter Some varieties
combine the perfection Of the two qualities
those of eating raw and cooking. Others are
good for nothing until cooked, or their juice
expressed into cider. The latter we let alone,
for the present We do not even propose to
describe the qualities of the best apple to bake,
only that they be sweet and rich. We will
name Il few kinds, and the seasons in which
they are in perfection They are all to be
found in market i'll their various times OF eat,
ing or cooking. Some are already past the
season; but more and better ones are coming
in for this and the Two coming months. We
will, however, mention all that occur to US,
past present, and to come, that those of our
readers who intend planting may profit, if pos
sibe, By our suggestions. First, in season,
We name the Bough-early sweet BoUgh some
call it. 1t is among the earest-being ripe in
Augustus it surely is the best Of its season,
large, fair, and yellow, with slight blush on
the side. We cannot describe it at length
now. 1t grows freely throughout most Of the
northern and middle states. Next in season
is the Golden Sweeting-a good sized, yellow,
far iruit, with long stem and slightly oval
shape. 1t is equal in flavor to the Bough, aud
slightly richer 1t rpens early in September,
when the Bough is done, and remains near. or
n0itp n I1Ontb in If ic
hardy grower, and holds a wide range OF eli
mate and soil as its habitat. Soon after this
comes the Jersey Sweeting-a large, red, fair
apple, with drer flesh than the last, but good
baking fruit Succeeding this comes the Ly-
mans Pumpkin Sweet, or Pound Sweet
very large, whitish-green in color, and FLASHED
with still lighter stripes from the stem down
ward. Not so delicate in flavor as the first
name, but excellent when ripe. Still better
than either of those we have named is the
English Belle-bonne-large, yeowish green,
and intensely sweet 1t is the best baking
apple we know ripens in October, and will
keep, well cared for, until January. Nosweet.
meat is richer than this. We have known
good molasses made from it, and it is good
eaten from the hand or baked, or made into
appe-sauce, for which purpose no apple is
scarcely so good. 1t is not a common fruit.
We first saw it in New England We have it
in an orchard and would rather spare any
variety we have than this. Next to this is the
Taman Sweeting-a medium sized, whitish,
round, winter apple. Its best qualities are not
developed until cooked, when it becomes a
perfect sweetmeat. 1t will keep into May,
properly put up.
These six are the best varieties of several
baking apples, which now occur to us. There
are, however, various local varieties of good
aDnlpS which orp UroWn in 6iffprnnt
parts OF the country, perhaps equally Or nearly
as good as those-indeed, we know some such.
But as we did not intend writing up any
particular variety of apple for baking or cook
ing, when we commenced, we are content
with recommending the use of the sweet apple
in general, as a decidedly valuable article of
household economy, and leave it at that.
Tart or sub-acid apples are preferred by
some for baking but they are not so generally
liked as the sweet, nor are they 80 nutritious.
But we must STOP or we shall wander far into
the details of pomology. 1t is an inviting
topic, and at a future time we may dive into
it further, and make more careful examination.
LOLA ON THE DEcLINE.-Lola Montez is
stopping al Astoria l.. l., with kind friend,
but alas in what a condition of body and
mind She is not exactly an imbecile, and
yet what term will mere clearly express her
mental helplessness Physically she is an
invalid OF a melancholy description. a female
friend of mine saw her day or two ago. and
it was enough to make ones blood chill to note
her picturesque Innings OF the wonderfully
changed woman. Lola was costumed in half
night and half morning robe and she sat in a
pretty garden, her hollow cheeks sunken
eyes and cadaverous complexion forming a
remarkable contrast to the gay flowers. She
IN MI IN infolliniblo tvAr1
cept spasmodcally, and after repeated efforts.
Her mouth was trothing like that Of one in
partial commissions, aud she was unconsciously
wping it as little boys do, by drawing it
across the sleeve of her dress. In fact, she
had the strange wild appearance and behavior
OF quiet idiot, and is evidently lost to all
further interest in the world around her. and
its affairs. And so ends her eventful history !!
What study for the brilliant and thoughtless !!
What a sermon on human vanity
TEA BRANDS AND THEIR MEANING.--In
ray lor's Travels in China, the Specifications
IF same of the names Inv the different brands