, 1864-12-03
THE NEW YOR X FKUIT CON-
-..VENT14BN.
Henry Ward BeeeheF on Apples

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Henry Ward Beeeher on Apples.
At the late New York Fruit Growers Con-
vention, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher addressed
The Convention as follows;
uI sneak to an audience who are better i
aualifled to teach me npon the subject Of NY
address than them. What misfortune for
a man tn have as hearers persons who Know
Ills subject so much better than himself: But
the office Of teachelis, after all, to teach
men what they know already; to remind
them Of duties which they understand Just 81
well as be who addresses them.
The political and domestic economy Of the
apple, however, I can speak OF without fear Of
contradiction from INF audience: The apple
is The unapproachablc fruit OF the world. the
~gta1e, with all its romance, Notwithstanding. j!
In the country Of its origin 1t u supreme, IN
classes having wealth and power, set the cur
rent Of public opinion from center to citcum-
ference. bur in America, where the intelii-
renee Of the common people has wrought out
such etgantic results in all departments Of
truth, the popular opinion determines from
surtnCe to center.
H.Popn]ar' is a word which Is much dcs-
pissed, bit may be made respectable. In this
country wealth is obliged to pay respect to
popuiar opinion, md Of all fruits the apple is
the most democratic true democratic
for some democracy that We arc acquainted
With sprung from the first apple. This popu-
Of the tree and the fruit. Any man who can
grow corn can raise apples.
+t In every soil and under the most d1scous~
aging circumstances, the apple tree lives and
t6rives. It can bear high or low cultivation,
It is not dyspeptlc like the peach, or apo
pIectic like the pear. or scrofnlons like the
+1r.r Thn opr1n II ammo the ffuita Hka tha
COW among animals, like the camel, and like
all good things, uncomelY-tor beauty Is only
the mask which cove:seyerythlns that Is evil.
In the beautiful eril has struck in and affect
ed the whole vital organism, while In homely
women it is on the surface.
q whole family Of girls. remains unmarried,
50 homely that the lovers have all passed BY
her, who was the nurse, the mothar, the
story: teller, to generation Of little ones
the Virgin 3Iary Of the household-the moth
er Of God to little souls, in teaching them the
better life-who was more fruitful in al cx-
ccpt children than any Of her kindred!
My perfect idea Of woman is my dear old
aunt Esther, who will spend ages in hearen
wondering Low sd she % syef got there. and ' the @
there. What such one is to the household
is the apple among fruits. Not the least
among Its excelfcnc2s Is its hardness.
"We should as soon think Of coddlins our
forest trees rs the apple tree. It will thrive
In the stony lot too steep for the plough, or
grow in tile meadow, and repay LIE for the
more abundant nutrition.
s'Wherc mullen stalk or hull Of corn
| will grow the apple tree will coutriye to Sc
surc IN existence. 1t can be plain or ornate,
I always able to take case Of ItselEwhat cali
| democratic. It Is emphatical!y the peoples
| home, and equally good; while on the Pa
| citlc slopes it is portentuols in size. New
| toms apple, which originated in his bra1n the
| science Of erayitatlon, had''it grown in Cali
fornia, would have forever put an end to his
discoveries, and hare opened the heavens to
1.-The health and longevity OF the apple
] tree arc unsurpassed. Healthier than the
| pear, no blight or disease affects It.; worms
and insects may lodge upon it, but, unbuck-
ling its bark, 1t exposes them to the Wfnd{and
| Storm An acre Of potntoes will not produce
| FIVE times the labor. The grub only is for
| nlidahlc enemy, but is SO easily extcrinInatcd
| By flexible vie, that If 5ou have borers you
| deserve to be bored.
chards. And rs for longevity, l have tree
| drcd years old. Two ladies, now eighty
! years Of agc, say that in their childhood It
was called the old apple tree. At twelve feet
from the ground It is fourteen feet ten inches
| IN circumference : ElN 1FQlt sweet and DIeaS-
ant. though not large. do not expect ia
| live to sec nv young trees reach that size.
cannot resist q feeling of respect and awe
when stand in the presence Of this sisantic
tree. which heard the canponadinS of thn
f., Pern1ntinn underneath 1hnso f,orofos
Washinr nrtnn ,naV hayr wo1Ecti 1nps;n1 ,,-o.,
H. srresf tasa to ,r1ici, he vas deroto5 uP'A'
fho woad ~ .,e onnic trce as ,,soo
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1Ia o ,,,J o,,d ,aso,nb1as char.. 80 1.Hs ~ :. .ne
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,r;sns ~ strn,r r. etcnc,l ~ n {rca ~
ha 1n;t is reeeTrcd to t1c ow,er a ~ ,ord ~
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ann1e tree TAINTED a|onc ar rnads ~ tbsre
Tn;x,,id he ,,H temn,ation FIR +hnso I;,ra-n ~
saints r., ri, onr orcharf1s. f>f ali tbe oortr;
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cc-ta;n onf easr AAe N'o'1
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nncerfa;n fha Wild crah ti,corr Is ~ n.a., 20 ~
~ m nne has evidence that tic sead ~ ~
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NV WaPie 80 a4t- Al ~ tho nnt,,a ~ raat
w., cea,n,ssta f,r ~ 4he 1eI npun 't,, maf
t,seI'h1a thc 1heorr ,nnst or"r rc,,air ensr
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tatu nuGt+ - eoI - I.su utI!a4 suuun3