The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12
GROWING APPLES
WITH GUNPOWDER
(By Walter Lenoir church,

The apple is responsible for a great
deal In this world.
What might have happened II Eve
had not fancied that one in Eden 9?
award The apple TO me, said Juno
10 Paris son OF Priam, king of Troy
and l will give you power without
stint"
Give st to me-" said the high
browed Minerva, 'and 1 will make
your wisdom second only to the gods"
Let me have it." whispered the ir-
reStstble Venus, and / will give you
for your wife the most beautiful wo-
man on earth"
Wei. II Venus had not received that
apple there would have been no siege
OF Troy, and Homer would have missed
the chance OF his life.
II the apple that tempted Eve. or
mat which beauty won from power
and wisdom, was as attractive as
thousands Of those on exhibition at
the Virginia State Fair, of course they
could not resist the temptation.
But apples are their own compen-
sation. in the good they have con-
ferred upon humanity. Comfort me
with apples" says lover to lover In
the Song OF Solomon.
Eat apples and live forever!' says
the ancient Chinese proverb.
Do you know what is better than
the Kelley Cure?" asked Mr.. Z. c.
Myers. OF the Rose Cliff fruit farm,
other kind?"
ut would be interesting. and It
might be handy for lot OF people to
know that" was the interrogatory
suggestion.
"All you have to do" was the smil-
ing reply lis TO make the patient eat
plenty OF ripe apples and drink plenty
Of pure sweet apple Juice, made from
apples, not chemicals. and your pa
tient soon gets well, and stays cured
without being loaded with chloride of
gold"
Whether the magic is in the gallic
acid the malic acid. the gum OF the
albumen, he did not say. Perhaps
the apple contains enough phosphoric
brain food to make the patient wise
enough to abstain from doing the
wrong thing and then nature cures.
as she always will do when we give
tainly is some mysterious healing and
vitalizing power in the apple which
the truly wise OF all historic ages have
recognized. To the mature man or
woman these wise ones say: Eat
plenty Of apples; the malic acid neu-
tralizes the excess Of chalky matter
and helps TO keep you young" To the
young girl they advise: Apples are
good for your complexion; that means
good for your health
worker they prescribe apples, APP
pies. apples galore; that luscious fruit
contains enough phosphorous to cure
any case of brain fag."
Since NAL de mer is seasickneSS.
and NAL de tete is headache, perhaps
malic acid was so named because It
cures these bodily Ills.
At the suggestion OF DR.. Wiley GER
tain experiments were made that have
proved It commercially possible and
profitable to keep apple juice sweet
and pure for an almost unlimited
time, and MT. Myers says they are
doing It. and will explain the simple
method TO anyone who will ask to
know.
Pointing with pardonable pride to
another display OF rosy, green and
golden fruit, Mr.. G. z. Sydnor, OF the
Rose Cliff Farm, said: Those are
part Of a carload Of apples worth
$4,000. brought direct to this Vir-
ginia State Fair. From here they will
go for exhibition to the North Caro-
lima State Fair at Raleigh, then to
the South Carolina State Fair at Co
lumbia, then to the Georgia State Fair
at Macon. virginians see them at
their best. There are fourteen diner
ent varieties, all from the fruit gar
den where the sunshine meets the
rain That fruit garden contains
eighty-seven acres, on which are B.
900 trees which will yield this year
fully 5000 barrels of first-class APP
pies"
When asked why that fruit was not
more af1ected Dy the dry weather. hr.
Sydnor said: Thereby hangs a tale.
Several years ago the Dupont Powder
Company offered us special induce
ments under contract and indemnity
bond securing us against loss, to have
some experiments made in dynamit-
ing our orchard instead or ploughing
It. In about 1000 two-inch holes
drilled to a depth OF five feet, on OPP
posite sides of and a few feet away
from the trees. were placed q three
inch stick OF dynamite fitted with ex-
piosive caps and all connected by
wire. so all could be exploded stimuli
teneously. Well. as you may know.
dynamite strikes downward harder
than upward, 10 you can imagine