New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13
ETIE5 MOST IN FAVOR

tor iooi as the apple; it keeps better than any
Of the other fruits ripens later In the season,
and grows in greater abundance. and is, as WELL
both healthy for consumption and pleasant TO
The taste. The apple is world renowned and
Furnish the greater part or the fruit supply in
winter Tor all temperate climates The first
ya-ietics begin to como to market as carly as
1unc. and as many OF the harder winter kinds
will keep until that time I. may be said to be
Tor sale all The year round.
sAlany apples are each year ground up into
cider the bcs: cider apple being the tough, acid
Kind. nut the smaller irregular shaped ones OF
I'll kinds are used, especially in seasons when
tho crop IS plentiful. Another great use for
applcs IS as dried fruit. and so much are they
used in this way that many whole sections OF
country are given TO raising the fruit for dry
mg. Various machines have been invented to
Sacili ate the work OF pairing. corirg ana scing
apples. well for extracting the juice or
sVapora,i1s them. and large plants have been
established to supply the demand in the market
for apples Of this kind. which will keep many
month often for years in I'll climates and when
cooked retain much OF their original good taste.
But the great use of the apple is for table
consumption. either raw. as a dessert cooked
In pastry baked and stewcd in jelly sauce.
And each autumn large supplies Of them are
sent from the farming sections to the cities.
The great apple section of this country is in
the Ncw-EnS gland States. the Middle Atlantic
States ard some Of the Central States, as ohio,
MChiGdn- and Missouri and throughout the
cultivated parts Of these States can be seen
many immense orchards. which begin in Sep
TENDER 70 show the ripening fruit which has
hung CA the trees all summer. growing III size
and cob. as the months passed
hp Harvest
which comes the first weeks Of July, and has
bright a,taw:colored skin. striped with red, is q
avoritc aud. with The Red Astrachan and the
Strawbc ry apple. both Of which are deep red
and pleasant to the taste. is the principal apple
Of the early corners
Septe nlber brings the Pippins. which. in their
MAN. sizes kinds and names are all most de-
servedly popular; they share their season with
Che Maiden Blush, the Gravenstein. a very fine
gpple OF German descent which is considered
one OF the finest apples grown in Northern Eu-
rope and still another foreign born apple, the
Duchess of Oldenburgh which originally came
from Russia and which. with its finely grained
yellow skin. streaked with rich red, and its de-
rcious juicy flavor is much sought after during
the early weeks Of the apple season. 1t ripens
RAPIDLY after being picked. anG lass but a few
weeks
THE EESTKNOWN wl:>TER APPLES.
or tn. winter apples the two oldest and best
known kinds are the Greetings and the BALD
wins. both are suitable for table use and for
cooking and so great is the demand for them
both in this country and abroad thai ihey are
crown in large numbers.
The Baldwin heads The list az the apples from
New England; il is a native of the BAY state
and is more largely grown for market than any
uther variety 1t is q large, finely colorcd APP
Die: its skin is deep crimson red dotted with
russet spots. and its rich tart flavor makes it a
great favorite: ripening in November, it lasts
throughout the winter being at its ocst in jan
nary
The Grocning or Rhode Island Greoning as it
Is often called is of the most familiar OF the
winter ap.lcs Large and round in shape 1t has
4 smooth oily skin of dark green, often with
faipt blush OF red one check; 1t IS sorNlceaDie
Alike ion eating raw and when cooked; the
trees bean freely and the fruit keeps from No
z.mber ur;n March hard and sound.
Next 20 these two kinds the Newtown Pippin
4, In General use Cultivated in immense Quanti-
tics IN 10th New-Jcrsey and New-York, il is a
~reot fayor;,e both COR home consumption and for
the exnort trade to Europe Originally it sprang
into existence in Ncwtown, Long Island, whence
n. name. IL needs strong, rich. warm SOIL 50
thai il nouriehcs much better in New-York than
Eew-England Along the Hudson River many
tho,.ya,d. If barrels OF this fine apple are har-
vested each year. The skin is OF duli green
color. turning to ar Olive as IL rpchS' the hesh
"a crisp and juicy. and the apple possesses an
exceedinel- pleasant arorca and taste. II keeps
tb. hos, az all winter apples. and can be USED Tor