The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-07

Philadelphia Press
.The apple yield this year Is an enor-
NOUS one" remarked a prominent frutt
dealer. and will not TALL short OF @NS-
go barrels. Just think OF it, \ heaped-up.
old-gashioned harrcl Of apples for every
inhavitant OF the United States 4 cargo
Of SOO barrels OF choicc apples sent 10
London from this city, arrived there In
roed condition and was readily bought Up
at fair prices The present damp weather
is hard On the gathered apple crop, Tor
applss will spec and an unsoOnd apple
In a barrel will soon con,aminate the
rest. STYLE. fashion and taste rule the
annie market as completely as they 10
the silk. satin and dry goods counters,
and many OF the old reliable sorts OF
fruit that were popular in our grand
srandfathers' day I'VE little call in the
market now,
The Smoke House. Vaniever. Newton
Pippiu. Folloaxoiter. Harvest Apple and
the like are seldom offered for sale In
these days but new and faacler kinds
have taken their place, The famous
Rhode Island Greening. with its glossy
green covering and yellow luscious sub
acid interior has been duplicated by a
similar kind OF apple in mos, OF the fruit
growing states. Tt Maiden Blush,
Ramho. sumner AMI Winter Pearniain
and SpitEbcrgen. Of the older sorts, ap-
pear to some extrn; upon the market. but
as a rule they are the farmers pride and
are kent by the country towns, the hig.
found FOlenwolter coming in as Il ella
BILE Christmas apple. The Pearmains,
from both form and nama. were always
a popular variety Of fruit. the agreeable
favor OF the pear being especially no.
ticeablc. and the same win apply to the
dArk-red Spitzbergan N. with its buf-col-
ored flesh and singular aromatic taste.
The King, Greening. Sheepnose, Ben
Davis. Northern Spy. Fall and Winter
Pippin, Belletleu-. Baldwin. Golden Rus
set and Smiths cider Apple are now
among the favorites, ana each variety
has its patron.
The Snow Apple. so called from the
uniform whiteness OF its interior. IL In
great demand during the early fan. but
its poor keeping qualities make its sway
? very short one. The Belledeur and
Sherpnose are preferred by some on ac-
count OF the smallness oftheir core. but
the large-cored apples excel these varie-
ties in juiciness. The best late keeper
among all the apples Is the Golden Rus
set, which IS hardly ft to eat until after
tlt huliuAtSs anu - lTclutlliS seen III
the market when the earliest Of the next
seasons fruit arrives.
New York. Rhode Island. Pennsyl-
anti and New Jersey IRE among the
staple OLD apple states. hut now the far
West is becoming z prolific growing sec
ton. and some Of the finest and hardest
kinds are grown there with unusual sue
cess. elders and apples as layouts for
the long winter evenings have never lost
their popularity, even whore the treach-
erous 'apple-jack a held sway
o all fruit thera Is none more con-
ducive to health than the choice. ripe
apple. and from the days Of the famous
dumplings. whose mechanism puzzled
the old-time English king. until the pres
ent period apples in some form have
been one Of the mainstays u the hSuse-
hold menu. The malic acid they con-
tain IA as important as lime or carbon
for the general constitution. and a bar
rel OF apples in the cellar for constant
use will save, II is said, more than quad
ruple its cost in doctors bills. Francis
Gowen. the great railroad lawyer. used
to boast during his lifetime Of eating an
apple regularly as a .laily afternoon
lunch and many Of the corner apple
women have among their best customers
some OF the most prominent business
men in their districts. Apples are
gathered from the trees nowadays as
carefully as II they were eggs. ard no
Kind OF winter weather Is 100 cool for
their keeping. The apple crop Of this
year VIII take rank with the phenome-
nal yield OF corn and potatoes"