The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22

lively realization of the fancies OF child.
hood; and set me thinking how all the
trees that grow and all the things that
come into existence on the earth, haye
their wild adornments at that well-re-
elnbered time. -
=. KEEPINGsAPPLES.
Apples were said last summer to be
scarce this season, thoughw expresseda
doubt whether they would prove SO in
the tullness of time. We hear these
things so often, and they SO rarely be-.
come true. that we naturally take to
doubling till we have the evidence of our
own. The trees in our parts had a fair
average crop. and we were willing to be-
lieve that as Pennsylvania goes SO goes
the Union, both in the apple crop as well
Us in several other good things. But we
were taken to task in some quarters
Tor our opinion. Surely, we we're told,
there was short crop this year, if never
before; and then came the official figures.
showing but two.thirds crop at most.
There was no fault to find with these
hgures. 1t was shown that some states
| were short, and this made the average ::
but the short states never had MANY to
sell, and we were willing to wait for a
short time to come.
/ 1t may, perhaps, come yet. One can
never be sure till the mark ct day appears:
but here we are in the end of November.
and as good apples as were ever offered
can be had in the Philadelphia market
for from $3.50 to SIS per barrel, the same
figures they usually bring in full average
years. Surely if there is to be a short
crop, the dealers if anyone, would know
it, and would use their knowledge for the
purpose Of holding out for a little better
prices.
! The belief, however, that they will be
scarce. has obtained hold among buy
ers, and We have had several inquiries
from those who think Of laying up few
IN fear OF an advance, what kinds, best to
buy and how to keep them. OF those
which come into our market, and are
thus easy to obtain, the leading ones as
keepers are the Baldwin, Rhode Island
Greening and Northern Spy-the last
generally bringing little higher price
than the others. In selecting those for
keeping there is great difference in the
keeping qualities of the same variety of
fruit, why it is not easy to tell. A barrel
Of Baldwins, for instance, from one tree
and one locality will not perhaps keep as
well as bal rel from some other. 1t
may be from some popularity of soil,
though perhaps as likely to be from some
constitutional defect in the tree. One
thing is we'll ascertained, that fruit from an
old and WORKOUT tree will not keep as we'll
as fruit from trees in full vigor of health
and productiveness. Again, apples flom
trees that overbear do not keep as well
as fruit from the same variety of which
there may be but moderate quantity on
the tree. 1t seems, therefore, that fine,
large, healthy-looking fruit of any one
kind should have the preference as long
keepers.
If these precautions are taken the apple
is not hard to keep. Most fail from
keeping them too warm. The usual
''store-room'' of the house. where they
are generally put, is not the best place
for them. They need to be kept as cool
as possible. Indeed, little frost does
not hurt them, providing this low tenn.
perature is regular. A frequent change
from cold to warm is fatal to the keeping
quality of any fruit, much less of the ap-
pie. Of all places where these conditions
are best to be obtained, there is no place
like cool cellar. Any one who can
command this has the perfection Of a
fruit room, so far as the apple is con-
cerned.-Georgetow7e (Pa.) Telegraph.
THE ST0RY-TELLER 0UTD0NE.
Those who are in the habit of telling
prodigious stories ought to have good
mcmOrieS; but, fortunately their memo.
ries are generally short. Richard Brins.
ley Sheridan dealt with these mendacious
pests in manner peculiar to himself. He
would never allow himself to be outdone
by verbal prodigy. Whenever a mon
strous story was told in his presence, he
would endeavor to Guido it by some ofhis
own coinage, and consign the narrator tc
falsehood more glaring than his own.
Once in his hearing a sporting adven
turer ran thus: Il was fishing one day
say in certain cold spring full Of delicious
trout, and soon caught large mess. But
what was really surprising, not a foot
from the cold spring there was one Of
boiling water; so that, when you wanted
to cook your fish. all you had to do, after
hooking them from the cold spring, wa.
to pop them directly into the boiling
The company all expressed establishment
and incrcdulity at this monstrous asser.
ton. with the exception Of Sheridan. 6
know, said he, ''of phenomenon yet more
surprising: " was fishing one day, wher
I came to place where there we're three
springs. The first was cold one stocked
! with fish, the second a boiling spring. and