Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-22

| there was a tavern kept by Mr.. Green,
who raised apples for seed. Among
the trees thus produced was one which
bore large green apple. The sclons
from this tree were in such demand
by the people who stopped there as
guests that the tree died from excess
sive cutting and exhaustion. The fruit
which resulted from the grating with
these scions was known under differ
ent names-in Rhode Island as the
apple from Green's inn. while in ad-
joining states IL was called the Green's
Inn apple from Rhode Island. This
latter name could easily have been cor
rupted into the name Rhode Island
Greening.
A MYTHICAL TRADITION.
Probably the most mythical of the
traditions is the following: In Ports
mouth, X. L., is situated the Isaac
Chase farm, which was formerly own
ed and occupied IN the summer season
by Mr. Bowler, rich East India mer-
chant of Newport. Mr.. Bowler had "A
beautiful garden and took great delight
in adjoining his grounds and filling his
dollhouse with cXotics from all parts
of the world. On one occasion a
Captain Green Chansom of one of MIR.
Bowlers East India vessels CHANGED
to rescue from shipwreck Il prince OF
the royal blood OF Persia, whose faith
er in the ferVor of his gratitude for
saving and restoring to him his son,
presented To the captain from his own
garden, situated ON the site of the
ancient garden of Eden, a young apple
| tree, growing in porcelain tub which
| was declared to be one of the few
| direct lineal descendants of the tree
| or knowledge. on his arrival in New
| port Captain Chancom, as in duty
| bound. presented the young tree to
his HlnDlONpr Mr. F2pNylpV ,..ha
| delighted beyond measure and thought
| 10 guard and protect IL by placing il
| IN hothouse. He, however WAS
admonished i'm a dreem by an angel
| claiming To be the Mother Eve to do
no such thing, as the climate of South
| cin Rhode Island was If ANYTHING a
little more favorable to its growth than
mat of southern Assyria, whence II
| mad been removed. Mr.. Bowler had
such faith in the vision that he had
the tree removed from the vase with
inc earth attached to it, and trans
plhhted TO Rhode Island soil, where IL
| grew and flourished beyond his most
sanguine expectations and deyelopod
mi" what has been called the Rhode
Island Greening.
The two following theories. while NOT
| so entertaining AK the one lust given
are probably more likely to give us mn
idea OF me true home Of this variety.
| fN'''A ~ l NNAiAs upon the farm
% Thomas Il. browne al Mount
hyBeia, stands an old Rhode island
| Hieening tree which is supposed Ia bo
nearly goo years old. In 1901 Dr. Sol
pinoh browne purchased the farm of
| H'uIy Jones, VINO at that time re-
marked TO the new owner that ii
was a pity that this tree was dvinf,
Of old age as he considered II tbS
nus desire 10 see such n fine fruit
U's perpetuatcd, had the soil which
! 7''IheQ rather poor. removed some ten
lerl M circle radiatlng from the tree
ana replaced with rich loan, pruned
III or an dead branches and had Tho
satisfaction IN a few years of seeing
ls again In thrifty condition. This
Tree, 10 the knowledge on the membors
| "t the family now living. has bnrno
unlnterrupedly mtil within a few
! Years AT the present time tho tree is
nadlN deeayed, many Of the larger
Hlnps having fallen within the past two
| years, the owner rmarkinu tn mo nm
"a short time since that he doubicI
IT me tree would be- able Ia stand Inc
Ilsur ana Niclssitudrs of many NOR,
New England winters.
sMITHFIELp CLAIMS HoNoR.
| Tho town N smithneld claims rbs
upu"l ui having presented tho world
u ,hn VARIETY It's claim is based upon
Wv lpluNlng facts, ON 500,
Of Frederick W Winslow rew rods
S r1l,i Of the lime kiln ON The
"oI9hholn verge ot Fruit hil stands
hnhde Island Greening Tree vhicb
Is locally known as the "nan mtItgt
Ile9' lhls tree rs "a limb Of The
,nholser Tree which was broken orr in
we september gale Of 1915, ana witch
upon being thrust into the rich. moist
sou TOOK root ana became an indenon6t
NV s Nc I'M, Inc mother treo was planted
seg MIA, Wlnslow's great great-grnud.
iather during King George's rel,n IN
! i'ao' II was, therefore. IA years old