New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-26
ENGLISH FRIIl.
From The London spectator.

From The London spectator.
Like MANY Other things in England, the popularity
Of p"rtYcGlar kinds Of fruit is LARGELY iue1t,on, o.
fashion and there Is NJ doubt but that tne Eushs
annle has O, late years fallen into much dlsfavor-e
certain degree mcr,ed tor the immense improvement
that has taken place IN 1t Is comparatively rr.Jn
near and nuts. would have been hard featured ons
indeed But now the eproic has passed s~a ac
even as the p pearhS c C OF any other country too
tie harder fruits grown beneath our ln'een , I'M tH
hute annie, Of America the fragrant pears ol
France Travellers may tax a, they Will , %, we s
NJ home are not without the kindly fruits OF the eagth,
and are ready 20 maintain that In respect Oh dgshS
we are a least blessed a. any other nation. det
is nothing Ia compare with orr infinite variety OF
bcrrc,-tc strawberry alone possesses as many ,isH
rs IL does shapes and szes-whlle the iavO. ol tne
mum varies AS does It's color from transparent amber
through every shade OF red and gold TO me deep,
purple. Let us also remark by the WAY n1 I " tn,
kindler is the outward aspect OF our iruit tSn .l"
q e top sows 3RRpS Psrs al onee to BE-
eaten; the most there Is but thn ana deI' ave
that give, Only The flavor Of re' 81, re 10 Of i fhs
teeth those that covet them whereas the rnu OF t,s
pineapple rough rampant that Yields Only TO tls
sharp ff' te m a ,he ' deendS itself
with the most abhorrent spikes from the hands oil n'
Tnere is n, fruit that lends itself more readily b
cooking than the apple What J., sauce for tie gPo,e
that apple i very excellent sauce ior the gUose
Excellent also when ImmhrSG hi in pes es ann
dnmpng that exercised the mind of the good klhg
who wondered greatly how the apple got Inside Nor
must the drink be fOrgotlcn tudt -
san,r n,eful fruit the cider that Is the Joy Of the
Dcvon,hire and the Norfolk farmer. ,..,
Compared with others, we are not very rut loV
ing people, look upon apples, oranges ana mus
a. TOYS 10 rlne with when hunger has been else
where satisfied ana cannot bring ourselves Ia regtru
them seriously as staple OF food. Vcgetarians are
an xions u prove T. that we are wrong but tder5
seems but little prospect of our conversion 20 u'ci
vcw~ After all the diet OF mankind Is sihiPN a
ouestion Of latitude the Fsquinaux suOslsts ahlos
exclusively upon blnbber while the Negro j. content
to lind all hi, nourislmen in a scanty plot OF oahaas
in our half way son between f0s d aa cduS.er.
should probably do well 10 steer hua Vourse
neither 10 carnVOrOus nor altogether HuctNo'ous'
Hut though we are 80 little given u ruiteating We
nevertheless enormously more tiian we MTG
able supply. aud the sum spent eVerv ye@I upo'
the importation foreign uit IS very large maecn
orange, we cannot grow bgt apples and pears Will 40
AZ well on English soil rs elsewhere. ana great pare
of that sum that now goes aDroal might wen 20 mC
the pocLets Of the small tenant FARMERS ana cottage
/ gardeners I'm England SO much has been cohe vi
/ acquire KNOWLEDGE 10 the suitability OF dlnercht
kinds of different soiis that very little would De re-
0ured from the growers themselves but the smali
amount of care that is necessary to all tree culture
flat at rare Intervals makes barren every orchard ~
a LARGE district. and every tree In the orchaM nut
the blight is not n very frequent visitor ana tanne
one wear with another the years of plenty certainN
/ prepondcrate those OF famine. At the present
moment. In many English villages, the only frnlt-
trees 10 be seen cankered and barren apples
| planted in ungcnal soil that would have, per
ilp supported any other kinds hut that peculiar onc
Thanks ~ efforts ~ the societies That have
Interested themselves in frutcntuc. We have learnt
is ne reason why the business of fruit growing should
| NOT flourish as well with Mt home with our
peghbOrs abroad. only must perhaps lynch few
Of the regraters Of COvent Garden