East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-17

bian Nights" also cured all ailments.
"r1ien We have the singing apple
OF the French fairy tale, the golden
apples and the golden bird of the
German stories, the aple poisoned on
one side, with which the death of
Snow-white and Red-rose Is attempt
ed by the wicked stepmother The
story of William Tell. shooting the
aFplc from his sons head. used to be
classic but modern inconoclasts
have torn that idol from its pede stal
aad tossed it on the top shelf, and
were il not for Schiller's wonderful
ana, 1t would pass into oblivion.
"hg appl' has also tax N prom
ara ;art ir science. Nol.a're is onc
y chc auth rites Tor t1c staten 'rtI
tat sceing au iople fan from III
tree 10 the froInd started n trim %
ouplt in the mind Of Sir Isaac
Newton and resulted in 81 ing 20 tho
world the law OF gravita ton The
tree vas shown in the garden NJ
,.Wo Dlsshcrp for many years. II was
~ =. n $50 In the museum At
CZrmd s. - 80 Ic of - ih.lo 'or'"
represented with the appl, at bis
feet.
Many rites and ceremonies werr
! : s,ri 'od with tho apple tree in the
o'dsn days. One Of these, the bl"s--
ling of the tree. was Observed in Eng
Hand as late as 1882. Peiween
Christmas ana the Twelfth day Tho
! lfirmor and his laborers. preceded by
:. truinpeter. marched to the orchard
and forming in a circle around a tree
sang and chanted in praise OF the
fruit. This ceremony was repeated
until every tree had been encircled'
after which the party enjoyed feast
and made merry at the farmers 3
house.
THE culture of apples in America
began at an early day. There was IN
New England an old man who, in his
desire to do something to benefit his
fellow-men, collected apple cores ano
when the pioneers were beginning
to settle the central western terri
tories. he crossed the Alleghenies on
foot. carrying a bag Of apple seed on
his shoulder. All he asked was per-
mission to plant them without charge
Apple Seed john the only name by
which he was known, tramped thou
sands OF miles, and left behind him
monument which any rich mar
might envy. If that glorious vagran
could know that more than 10000
carload of commercial apples would
be harvested in Montana, Oregon, Ida
no and Washington in 1910, and tina
more than 100000 of the $4,000,
900 barrels of apples grown annual!
C.to ox,I no a
, exported, his heart would sing Will
gladness.
"Dr. Samuel Bailey of Mt. Aver
,, Iowa. has discovered that the craving
for liquor can be eradicated from th'
u human system by eating apples. HI
+, says there is a peculiar combination
in the acid of an apple that allay
the irritation, or so-called appetite
produced by the use of liquor, adding
4 am also of the opinion that tn
keen appetite for tobacco is reuced b,
the use of apples
! "The National Apple Growers. as
!. sociation, assembled in congress
St Louis in 1906, voted unanimousl
to designate the third Tuesday in Oc
tober as apple day, with the sugges
ton that the apple blossom be adopt
. ed as the national flower. The Ma
! ! tional Apple Show. Inc, organized ii
Spokane in 1908. has set aside tn
= third week in November as the tim
= to show the products of the orchard
or America, and to stimulate interes
and encourage perfection in growing
il offers prizes and premiums of to
tai value of $4,000 in competitions
which are free and open to tn
world"