Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-07-10
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APPLIES ron FOOD.


BY careful analysis it is shown that ap-
Piles contain a larger amount of phosphorus
than any Of the ordinary fruits or vege-
tables; and as this is one Of the most
important elements Of the healthful
nourishment Of the brain, and especially
necessary to those who work with the brain
to large extent rather than the muscles,
the habitual use Of apples as an article Of
food is greatly to be recommended.
Nor is this the only constituent. desirable
TO promote health, found in the apple for it
also contains the acid 30 necessary to rouse
the liver from its sluggish condition and thus
enable it to secrete, and carry from the sys-
TEN, the germs Of bilious diseases, which are
induced by long continued seasons Of heat and
prevailing malaria, and which usually exhibit
their poisonous influences either in fevers, or
serious affections of some of the vital organs.
Therefore, fresh fruits Of all kinds, but es-
pecially acid fruits, should constitute an i'm
portant element in the daily fare Of all
classes, aud especially .ef Che stndORt and the
sedentary.
The brain is Che all-importaut organ with
that large class Of persons who are known as
great thinkers, to whom the world is so
much indebted for the advance OF literature,
science, and the arts and, hence, it is of the
| first importance to this class to make use Of
all the means within their power to preserve,
unimpaired as far as possible, in health and
vigor, this essential organ. And as we ad-
vance in years. this demand becomes more
imperative for as, with advancing years, a
process of change is visible in the external
organs, so also there is similar process of
change going ON in the brain by induration Of
the substance, and the loss Of its flexibility ;
men often die as trees die, slowly, and at the
top first But we have to a considerable
extent the power to protect the brain, as
we'll as the other organs, from premature
decay by judicious application Of the prin-
clples of hygiene.
Among the cultivated fruits the apple oc'
cupies the first place and as they can be
preserved for so long time, and used in so
many agreeable forms, with profit to the
household, every farmer should see to it that
his orchard is well stocked with choice varl-
cites of summer autumn, and winter apples
IL the alternative we're presented us Of being
deprived Of either apples or potatoes, proba
bly, we would be the losers by letting The
apples 90 instead Of the potatoes. 1t is be
yond doubt that the family which is liber
ally supplied with apples generally escape
many fevers and other diseases with which
they would be afflicted if they were deprived
Of their use.
The production of fruit, in variety, is not
as many seem to suppose, especially difficult
There is a class of interested persons wh'
would have us believe that certain system
of training and pruning and highly artiicia
care were necessary to produce fruit. Tn
apple, and, indeed, all fruits require plcnt.
Of foliage, and the pruning should only con
sist, unless in exceptional cases, in the re
moval of such wood as was likely to inter
fere, by abrasion with other branches; anC
the bulk of the pruning should be don
while yet the tree is young. Varieties ma
be selected that will come into bearing j
/ from four to six years aud the sooner the
Q are planted the sooner will the owner rea
0 the advantage of his promptitude in an effoI
/ which will minister so greatly to the enjoy
t ment and health of his family.
$ In order to have sound and fine apple
g through the winter and spring, they shoul
$ be allowed to remain on the tree as long u
/, it can safely be done without their free'
{ ing; and then they should be CAREFUL
1 "hand picked" and put in barrels, or crib
y and left out of doors as long as can safely b
, done in view of the frost for il put early i
A the cellar thew will soon decay