New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-28

- t ,ntended 10 instruct bow 10 plant and RAISE the
tree aud grow the fruit as nucn 10 20 snow no;nps Of
nnaint hunor, blended all the time with inora.s
and Instruction that be kept the audience continuity
on Tho o.i ,,pe and filed with disposition Diaueh
or applaud He evidently felt disposed TO give Dr
Cram good nstuTei punch in The rlbs now ana ,heh
aud one Of his idiOsyDcrasies, was so parueuiAIE
refreshing, that the audience burst INTO one W..
sal round OF merriment Indeed the enjoyment OF tns
address seemed 10 be Sufficient 10 clear away ali the
fgT that lad snshrouded all the other parts OF tne
Grand Convention =, -,
few Of Tic truths about the apple, uttered by Mr
Beechcr are worthy of record. The whole address u
We could give it. would be read with satisfaction anu
remembered for its many good tairgs.
lie said that ought 10 appreciate the apple, De
cause il is really The American fruit Not that II orsi'
mated mere but because fourishes here better tha
anywhere else IN quantity ana q1ai''y az 1!na,
Of domestic comfort. The apple In America is nnhp
proachsble by any other fuit Another OF It's Falnes
is great diffusion, extending hOm California 70 heii
CO. and from the Atlantic 10 the Paclfc. III IL Oh ~
fruits The easiest Of propagation and Improvement.
Every man or woman VINO owns a spot oil iahd eau
grow apples and all learn 20 plant ana pfuhe ahu
or 1T and bad ana get varieties Inc tree eve
rywhore admired for Its goodness more than y. pthui
Indeed great goodness and great heauty are sene".
incompatible 1t is like some of or PATENT eoou pa
tred fellow creatures who are proc oi great bood W
othors-witnoss OF that class whom We some
times sneerngly denornnGte old maids, full OF 0onnd'
less good nature as the apple tree Of ithi -, . 80
TIE apple tree hiYes IN AL soils, hot OF cold wei OF
dry Ii farmer has fed stony, rough or Tocay so
cold or wet or dry poor that II is unit Tor aulhs
SuCh steep hill Side tiat ne cannot
he says 10 himself that will do for an orchard ana
there he plants Trees and there In spite OF al his wcheo
neglect thew produce ru Yet there is no Tree 'nai
loves Il more nor that gives better reward TOT at
tent on Ii will live in state Of neglect nt I'd scn
state il puts forth us best ei'1Its Here'c'
dian corn will grow the land is suitable Tor nm orcnhlu
snnl Tee will rren its fruit Il is rarely subject 10
disc Sc II is seldom Winter Killed ana nlinous" Wv
young trees sometimes Killed ny me poTsf' .,e
would not be If the owner would nay oDe-nitn ~ muc.
attention 10 them h does 20 the rsisg OF aciop OF
potatoes from of which he will not clear hai az
much money from an acre Of apple trees An apple
tree sometimes lives two hundred years and grows
10 an immense size. One upon Ny. beccheis
place. which very aged people called me o.a
an de tree when they were children, measures
f,nrteen feet six inches in circumference He has
genuine reverence for such an old tree Every ue ne
Putnans soldiers were encsmped under and around
that old tree which they treated with snoh reverence
thst il lived through tue TYING scenes OF the hrvolu
tionary War ard furnished frut and shade 70 iis he
roes probably 10 Washington himself Mr.. Beecher
then treated at length Of the universal uses OF TIC
apple and exhibited most glowing and youthful love
for an annie pie Some of its varieties live through the
Winter and round to the time OF rpenng Of other
sorts in Summer. The peach Is the ruit OF day, inc
apple of all days. For IT, We never lose oar relish Tor
it the appetite never clOyed. aHd unlike other iood
excessive eating OF apples never produces dyspepsla
When lie was 8 boy uuQn the hills 81 Connecticut II
would have been eay to coy ~, .,e not Sn
sidered any great feat ~ eat III. cghf twelve of ah
evening; and how often ne las been Gown 10 the great
bin IN the cellar end brought mp apples D! the hau-a
boys hat that almost universal and most convenient
basket
In those times Il almost pleasure 10 he sick FOR
then he was ireoted with roasted appes-roasfsd, Not
h,teA in ,toye-roasted before the old fast ioacd
kitchen fIe To fiji tbs stomachs OF NuraciOus children
there l. nothing like appes There n" end to Their
uses an housswIery The apple IS the germ OF civizt
ion in tie Atc' en- II should be eaten upon 81 tables
il is not SO ialf aough 1t should be eaten with meat
Is well al er meat. II can DC made TO serve as
very good substitute for meat. small size OF PORK
and many slices of apples fried togetheNh1 does moi
remember the good qualities Of such adish What mode
Of cooking ever equaed roasting An sppe by wood
fire. whore u draws IN caOric on one De and oxygen
OF The otberi What food ever richer or Better
than sweet baked apples and mix
bless rnt in taIis pres ecs preserve 1i1g raa
dried app-s adjoining the old rafters Of The farmhouse
For stock hat better cheaper food Although cider
las beeu banished in measure from the tone a. CIDER
IL il largely drank under another mare. IL does not
come the table formerly, in the pitcher or quart
mug it in bottles and IS called eAamp'sHs It's
| back and although a temperance man cannot eI.
pect YOU make cider yet do expect you. IL yon ri
make IT, 10 make it good but never make II into cider
brandy that i, bad in all its aspects, unless We may
e1cept the charge Of the Rebels against Early that II
vas ccf brandy that caused bis defeat IN the shena
In conclusion. Mr.. Beecher eIhDrtcd everybody 10
plant orchards ~ plsnt apple trees IN waste Spots 10
plant them by the roadside 10 make tho frut 30 ehiy
that but most inve;erate uief would tans Of
stealing IT, to plant orchards and thus lii up the CON-
mon people. Enable them TO live better, and you in
prove them. A. ~,
To prove thu antiquity OF the apple tree Ar beechef
quoted from the song Of Solomon; II sat down under
his shadow IAN apple tree with great delight ana hit
fruit was sweet 70 my taste. He brought me 10 the
banoueting house, and bis banner over me was love
Stay with hagons lOf cideII, comfort me WIN up
pes. for an SICK Of love"
MI Beecher thought IL the apple tree WAS cure for
love he also sau posed IL was though BIT bs a for
ambition for he had frequently heard the boys SINGING
wen hang Jeh Davis on sour apple tree
/, was now thought to be fitting time to treat the
company with patriotic song and the star SpanRed
Banner was given by lady with most thrilling effect
Then Horace Greeley gave short discourse upon
forest trees which rveted the attention and interested
the mind Of everJ presen, during It's delivery. He
alluded TO the years OF his which he had spent
in the destruction OF trees every day then and every
day since growing more and In love with them.
The ambition Of most Americans seems 20 be to
destroy his delight TO preserve them The glory Of
an American landscape which Europeans most admire
Is our noble forests uneqnaed in any other country.
There seems to be an impression that If the earth In
LET alone IL produces trees and many act though they
thought this continent covered with them, yet
ghths Of it Ia naked. They only grow upon
little strip along the Atlantic. Between the mbeIed
rec ION and the Pacific there lie great tccess desert
Be Dg treeless it is waterless The rivers except in
flood times are dry beds Of sand and gravel L have
travelled there fifty miles without hnding water.
There trees looked upon as great blessing Here
they are abundant we do not value Them. We do
no Low to value the excellent quality Of or tim
Der. which l. nowhere else eQuaIeh beyond the MS
sour there scarcely tree tit for az hslye or axle
The trees have value except for fuel md for that. II
here we should consider them almost worthless
Trees ar the beauty and glory of the Garth yet peo
pie hack and destroy them though 1t was glorious
eu nent rid the earth " their presence One Of
the Dressings and comforts Of farmers hfe is wood
fire. IL axes the cheeiulness Of the Winter evening
II declared BY OF the lovers Of wood fires that
the decline in national patriotism IA owing TO the In
PRODUCTION Of wood stoves. How often men have been
invoked to defend their hesrthstones ard resdes but
who ever heard Of an Invocation to defend oooking
stovei Every farmer who has net should resolve 70