The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-30

FRUTTINsoUrHERN IOWA.
CHAPTER II. Haa
In former article the advantage
of Fruit Growing was argued from
a moral stand psint. Its physical
benefits will now be considered.
II is a we'll known fact that tho
animal system is influenced by tho
character OF the food taken into the
stomach. Persons living chiefly up
On meat diet are predisposed to the
more malignant forms Of fever and if
it be hog meat to scrofulous diseases
A mixed dict in which fruit and
vegetables predominant, is generally
conceded to be the most conducive
to health. It is the. design Of these
papers to show that a liberal supply
of fruit is essential to insure the
equilibrium necessary to the proper
development of physical life and
that the provisions Of nature in that,
regard are perfectly adapted to the
wants Of the human family. The
benefcient Creator has made pro-
vision for the growth in any locality
of just the varities Of fruits that are
necessary for thepeople living there.
He HAS also arranged that the sue
cession Of kinds should ripen in the
very rotation demanded By the ad-
vaneing seasons. Take as an exam
pie, the orange. In the hok climate
where it flonrishes it is q necessity
while in this latitude it is simply q
luxury. To meet the elements Of
our physical organization when the
rays of the June sun first begin pour
down upon us the strawberry comes
in forming most healthfnl as we'll
aspleasant article of diet; and one that
may be secured as easily as the univer>
sally used but indigestible dish called
/" string BEANS" In the strawberry
season no one would think of want
ing raspberries, cherries or even
peaches, because it meets the full de-
mands Of our nature at that season.
Hence theappeti.e Graves strawberries
and no other kind offruit. But when
that season passes by, the raspberry
takes its place in full maturity; mo-
body wants strawberries. Nor do
they in anticipation long for cherries,
while enjoying full supply of the
f"Antwerps' and other delicious vari-
cites. In short time the raspberry
season is over and is succeeded by
the cherry, the plumb, the peach, the
pear, and the apple, each ripening in
it's season SO as to meet the demands
of the physical nature. The whole
vegetable kingdom including the
various kinds Of fruit was originally
prepared for man and consequently
arranged by infinite wisdom, SO as
exactly to meet his wants.
The cultivation of all the kinds of
fruit adapted to the soil and climate
is evidently the duty Of all land ow-
ners. Let them provide a supply
equal to the necessary demand and it
would no doubt havea salutary effect
upon the community. It would pro-
mote tho general health and at the
same time contribute largely to the
enjoyment of the people. Christian
ity enjoins it as q. duty to take caro-
of the badly as well as the soul, and
the obligation becomes greatly aug
mented by the reflection that there
is close connection between the
body and themind. Thelarger the per
cent. of fruit in . we'll chosen diet the
clearer will be the mind. The drows-
mess so characteristic Of the meat
eater is unknown to those who pre-
serve the natural fluidity of their
blood by free use Of the various
kinds of fruit in their season. Thus
it is seen that the physical demands
OF the people call loudly fora full sup
ply offruit from'the early strawberry
to the latest keeping varieties Of the
apple.
EGYPTIAN.