New-York tribune., 1903-02-01
A FRUIT CONGRESS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Ttpe5tfh Meeting Of Connecticut Pom
oEogicaL Society Members.

The twelfth annual convention OF the Connecticut
Pathological Society will be held in Hartford next
Wednesday and Thursday. AS its name implies.
the society made up OF interested in the
cultivation of fruit. 1t has membership roll or
$50 and practically every in the State is repre-
sented. While there among the members
number Of extensive fruit growers some cuitiVatlng
4 couple OF hundred acres, yet there are others
who have merely a few trees, but who take an
interest in the development Of pomOlogica science
Any man or woman who manifests an interest IN
this branch Of cultivation may join Some OF the
members able 10 carry on trult growing on
only small scale, but most OF them are thrifty
farmers who have several acres given over 10
orchards and who dependent upon them 1or q
portion OF their yearly income II the society
would only open doors TO all lovers OF gooo 1rt
especially apples, there IS no telling no" large hs
membership might become a writer IN a recent
issue Of County Life IN America" seems 10 thlnk
that the number of people who love good apples
is far larger than the number who know good
apple when they see it Here is part OF "hAl lie
saws about city folk who eat apples:
PITY the man who does not know good apple
and how many do? One in ten? No, not one in nifty
1t may be red and Snowy and the italian may nave
rubbed it till shines. but IL may be an apple only
,r form and in price. IL is midwinter- There
,,rIes in storage in the cities and the cellars
20 farmers Go into Of these places Get the
odor-the cool. fresh, fruity smell PICK out the
highest priced parcel-eVen then the Individual
apples will probably be cheaper than those you buy
a., The strickland your hands over them as
lightly as YOU would the keys Of piano. Hold
on. in your hand, clasping your fingers over its
plurnp rondure. Note its size and shape. See the
sight blush on the cheek and the tones of green
that run from bottom TO top. Look In the ends
The stem is intact There wormholes, no
ugly blotches no marks OF rude fingers Put ii TO
your nose and inhale the fragrance Hold IT at the
hollow of your cheek Now eat it. Do not cut Ii or
slice IL but eat it Feel the break and crack OF It's
cool crisp flesh the flow of its sprighty juice. and
get the aroma that lies the very heart of IT. AT
last you have eaten an apple
Strange that we are connoisseurs in tea and wine
and pickles and yet that apples are merely apples
Warm and wilted and polished, they lie in trays
.pd rous On the stands and buy them. Proba-
ly half the people the big cities buy their apples
thus one al q time here and there-Ben Davis,
Baldwin Pennock. anything that is bright ana
handsome I sometimes think that city folk In
furnace heated houses can never know what a
really good apple is matter how good the grocer
and the caterer may be. 1t is In the farmhouse
with real cellar-not basement with heater ana
laundry and ash bns-that one gets apples. You
sit In the wing beside cracking fire in the fire
place OF IN stove is built for service rather
than for ornament. The cellar is under the up
right To reach IL you go through the outtery'
through the cellar door that has cat hole in the
lower front corner, ana with lamp or lantern In
hand you go down the stairs into a subterranean
world. Above ground the snow is scurryiag around
the house corners. but here is dark and snug re-
treat retreat such real city house can have.
There lie no smell Of ashes and soapsuds, only the
cool soft odor OF the moist ground and Of the
apples stored in boxes and barrels. From box 10
box you go-Northern Spies, Taman Sweets Green
lngs Roxbury Russets. Seek-no-furthers Ramoos'
Spitzenbergs, Grimes's Golden. Snow apples, None
such Swaars perhaps beIated Kings and Fan Pip
pins-even BaIdwins not good enough for this
company-and you take your pick
Then YOU VOW Your vow is that you VIII have
an apple tree. Spring will find you roaming the
hills FOR bit OF land You will remove there Tor