Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-20
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sMrs. Birdse We, said the scribe TO hle
better half "a saw that look ot dis8uet
come over your placid features the other
evening when Fitx de Noodles called
sClarabelle peach. And vet madam the
young man really raid something more
to the point than usual. Do you know
my dear, that there. ls much In common
With the fruit family and the human
family DO you realize you're Belle
flower z! I am not out OF the way in
calling you a Golden Sweet. In fact there.
sis hardly q member Of the apple "a milys
that you do not resemble or have had
points in common with at some time in
your life. For instance = seraphina,'
interrupted Mrs b, Get out the rub.
Der Ice bag, your IA Their is going to have
q woree spell than usual. Pound up a
lot OF Ice at once we shall need 1t. His
poor head IL In a bad way.
was about to remark" proceeded
the speaker, that whe n I first met that
nice old lady in the rocking chair, she
Was sweet sixteen, che was a Red June
Red checked, splendidly favored and
the fret OF the season. Later in a.
young woman Woman OF 20 and she was
the Golden Sweet or Maiden's Blush,
the summer apples Of our youth. Then
came the mother OF 80 mot children, but
yearsl. now she was the Duchess or the
Wealthy. AT 40 In her we saw the
Rhode Island Greening and the Bald
win, still hardly fully ripe. but almost
the perfect apple or woman for winter
use AT 90 a Golden Russet peculiarly
adapted as a keeper for Iowa homes and
firesides. And this woman Of thought =
full ice-b bag knowledge has In all of these
Years OF her apple existence strangely
agreed In temperament, flavor, size and
suitability with the chaiacterietics Of
the named varieties Of the apple family.
Not only that put to her husband and
friends has the resemblance been strik-
ing and noticed. The present period Of
Golden Russet time s so marked. The
insipid flavor of early GUNNER and fall
fruit has passed to give WaySto the dis
tinct pleasant acid Of the mellow russell.
A little more time will change THE fla
vor into little more sweetness which
may be an Improvement"
49, ~
Pa, you've struck new vein, re-
marked Seraphina. What kind OF an
apple lie Mr. Pessimst 9? my dear
was the reply. that's easy. Pespimist Is
Ben Davis. An apple that's never
young and never old. Never rots be-
cause its too dry. Nice looking apple,
but 40 lacking the juice of other apples.
ss Pesslmist lacks the milk OF human
Kindness. It'sNa good Keeper. good
seller and in foreign markets bring.
high prices, because they are not Judges
of good apples. And these same for-
eigners are apt to condemn all American
apples. because OF their experience with
Ren Davis or Pessimist. Z And pa.
what does Mary remind you OF, what
kind of an apple is the travelling man g
Wife? . Easy again, war the reply,
shes sheep-nose, or az some call
them q Seek-no-further. Not 80 brilliant
in color. not so high favored at best in
early winter. just enough acid to pleas
antly flavor. una assuming and 90 good
for an every day acquaintance. Ask
Henry, her husband, If this is not ali
true..''
Any other questions will be cheer
fully anewered continued the writer
Now5I Viii leave 1t to the essen bled
audience. has NOT our friend Miss AM
Client all the characteristics of the crab
iapple. When her toilet is made. when
her the day is arranged.
is she not a crab apple2 Hard as
Pharaoh's heart. Good for pickle and
preserves, but takes such lot OF sugar.
And che hangs on the family tree SO
long. No one picks her. FroKts do not
lsinjure her. And notice this only few
lscrab apples are raised on any farm
| Again. and now no names will be called.
/ Do we not know of come individual tina i
| is fair to look upon that Is fun OF cor
Eruption? Do we not know by sad ex-
perience of certain kinds5of apples that
\ tempt the eye and are full of rottennexs
and Worms underneath the skin? Havs
not all apple raisaers grubbed out and
burned such varieties, because Their
fruit was always wrong, and decayed
90 much /? These qualities invariable ac-
quired in the blossoning stage and q
sure result.'
Would 1t be in order asked the ST.
|lent Partner to mention the name Of q
variety OF apple, that suggests would
be philosopher, or loquacious individ.
ual?" Mrs Birdseye here remarked
that her husband was like all apples il
one respect, that is. they kept longer i,
cold storage. seraphina bring the ice.
bag
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