The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-08-27
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Were not apples in so great demand
in their character as food it would be
profitable to convert them into sugar, for
they contain double the quantity of sac
charine matter to be found in beets,
which are extensively cultivated in
Europe for sugaf:making.
! The healthfulness of apples as food is
sell known. The learned and eccentric
) Burton asserts, on the authority of "Lau.
rentins" (by which adjective he seems to
: describe Pliny, the younger, so.called
from the laurel trees of his estate near
7 Laurentum, J that apples will cure mel.
ancholy. Be this as it may, we know
that they. promote digestion and sleep.
We have the highest authority for
saying that people, whose ordinary
beverage is apple cider, are entirely et'
empt from stone or gravel in the bladder
and all kindred diseases-diseases which
are seldom durable, even in their incipi::
ency, but when permitted to take hold
/ of the human system are attended by
great suffering, and usually terminate
fatally. :.
! In addition to its many pleasing and
healthful qualities, the apple possesses
rare and valuable feature, 1t may be-
kept sound fer a considerable length OF
time, and retains its original flavor and
taste to the last, zsc,
The Southern, States purchase thou
sands of barrels of apples every year.
Why should this be so? South Carolina
alone could supply the entire South, and
send millions Of bushels to other States.
By so doing, we would keep money at
home which now swells the surfeited
Golfers of the North, increase our wealth,
. and by cheapening this excellent fruit
greatly improve the health of our people.
So much for apples. Z.
Before leaving this branch of my sub.
iect / am tempted to say d word about
the "olive" and the Gig" ,,s,,..,J.
;. Instead of raising olives, as we do
camelias, as garden curiosity, and in.
stead of depending upon the generous
fig tree to bear what it will in some de-
serted corner of our premises, we can
raise extensive crops of both by proper
care and industry. The earliest settlers
on our coast brought olive plants from
France, and intended to raise them on
large scale but rice, accidentally intro
duced, native indigo, and finally the
Minotaur, Ling Cotton drove the hum
| BILE olive plant into oblivion. Yet the
olive grows and fourishes in many parts
of our State. have seen an olive tree,
as high up as Columbia, covered with
fruit and as large as an ordinary oak. 1t
is most wonderful tree and will con.
tinue bearing at the age of two hundred
years. Some trees were planted in Geor.
gia in 1885 which produced olives from
which oil was made equal to the best
imported from Bordeaux. Olive oil
surpasses all other fatty substances as q
culinary agent, and we're it not rendered
so dear by an unrighteous and unfair
tariff duty, would soon drive those
wretched impostures sold as "pure leaf
lard" and "Goshen butter' from the
Kitchens of our Southern homes. This
valuable and most wholesome plant can
be raised in unlimited quantities upon
our soil, and its general use would greatly
improve the health of our people.
The fig tree requires very little Guilt
vation. Alta very triaing cost We might
raise figs enough to supply all the de.
mand for the table, in fresh or dried
condition, and have millions of pounds
to export to less favored lands. The fig
tree, with its wide scope, from the dear
little Celestial" through all the stages
of"white," "blue, !" black" &C. |; though
its various species of elastic gums such
as caoutchouc, up to the celebrated BAN
yan tree, with its vast extent, covering
sometimes space of FIVE hundred feet
in circumference, presents possibilities to
the agriculturist which are almost
dazzling to the Imagination. Without
pursuing this interesting theme, it may
be safely asserted that we could easily
turn the tables upon Smyrna, and cause
the busy merchants of that thriving
Turkish city to seek another market for
their "dried fgs," in cartoons, drums
and boxes, by raising figs enough to sup
pete with the best eleme in every Europ.
can port. a single fig tree in Micanopy,
Florida, bears over fifty bushels every
year. The fig is the chief article of food
for thousands of human beings. In its
fresh condition it is peculiarly grateful
and wholesome in our climate, and has
valuable curative qualities,
AS much as has been said of the apple,
the olive and the fig, may with truth, be
asserted of many of the other fruits
which are easily raised upon our soil.
1t is generally conceded that q large
portion of the food which is eaten in
this country is positively injurious to
health. Even if the viands are whole,
some, there is an intemperance in eating
as in drinking. The habit of gluttony
grows imperceptibly, and the man who
commences to undermine his constitution
by on occasional indulgence, soon sinks
to the level of the brute; yea, even
below the brute; for the animal kingdom
eat only to live, while there are many
men who, unfortunately for themselves,
live only to eat.
Some writers affirm that as many per-
sons die annually from excesses in eating
as in drinking.
It is we'll known that nearly all fruits,
when sound and ripe, are admirably
adapted to sustain the human body
while many Of them possess valuable
medicinal qualities. This species of food
cannot be eaten to excess. Fruits are
so easily assimilated that they produce
no strain upon the disgestive organs.
They afford a light, agreeable and entirely
harmless diet, and their beneficial effects
extend to the mind as well as the body.
If, by the increased cultivation of
these delightful and healthful articles of
food, you can place them within the
reach of all the Inhabitants of the state,
you will have conferred boon upon the
people which will entitle you 10 their
lasting gratitude. Your labors will do
more good than the efforts of the most
accomplished physicians. The most
etilf,l doctor can onlv minister to