Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-17
STORY OF THE APPLE.
No Reason to Believe Our Favor.
ite Fruit Grew in Garden
of Eden.

of Eden.
1t II curious that the apple. ~ we
know that fruit, should be connected
! in the minds of men with the forbidden
fruit. The apple has played large
rohe IN the history OF the world but by
soh9isrs there Is said to be no reason
to believe that the apple of Eden was
the fruit that We call by that name
A number of varieties and species of
iruitn have been called applea which
Arr MOI apples at all One authority
as spointed out that the word apple. y
IKE the French word "pomme. its
equivalent, rs IN spomme de terrn'
Tor potato and ''pomme Il amour" for
tomato, not to mention the Latin word
pomum' Is largely and loosely en-
ployed Tor a great number of different
products of nature. The golAen apples
of the Hesperides may have hcen oranges.
but even that Is conjecture
II Is certain that many fruits hav-
ing tho word "applcs' az o part of their
name are not apples in ANY other sense
than that they are varieties Of fruit or
vegetables. some arc edible and some
are not They do not belong To the
apple family and have not pven the
remotest relationship For example. there
arc tho "custard apple. the Nav apple.
the egg apple the rose aupIr. tho star
apple the pineapple and The apples Of
Sodom
Elderly persons can recall that the
tomato was generally termed the love
apple in this country and nobody but
maker Of names would associate the
real apple with tbc tomato The thorn
apple, with ITS prckly seed pod. il moth
ing but the seed pod of lie jimson wed
There are thc cedar apple. which i m
cXeroscenco upon the juniper tree, the
oak apple which Is produced by n pafa-
site that attaches itself to oak tres
and the monkey apple the scientific
name Of which i '4clausia fava :
Il Il recalled that the peach. which
is supposed u be If Persian origin,
WAS called. long after it's introduction
INTO western Europe, the Persian apple
There y even n variety Of the wild
lime which belongs ~ the large and
interesting citrus family. yet which Is.
and long has been, famiiarly called
Adams apnlc From this il might
appear that I've handed Adam a lemon
instead of pippin Even this forrnid
able array Of false apples does not ex-
haust the list. for there il tho "appIe Of
ain. or "Arhutns undco There also
arc the alligator apple. the golden apple
Of Bengal and the elephant apple. or
the wood apple. And the list might be
still longer
II has been established to the evident
satisfaction Of some writers that the
apple Of discord. with which the
name Of Paris has long been associated
in classical lore, Was not an apple in the
present meaning Of the word.
The wild apple. or he crab apple
has been known in Europe and Asia
from remote times, and It is believed
that the ancients developed It into an
edible and fairly palatable fruit. for
the Romans introduced into Britain a
variety Of the apple which vas superior
70 the native wild apples the inhabitants
at Albion had previously known The /
evolution OF the apple has employed the
thought and effort of many great men.
There are hundreds Of well known varie-
ties in the United States
The Dutch and the French were I
early in the field rs cutivatorS and +
chapters Ct the apple. and many Of
he British varieties which were planted |
n the American colonies were Of Dutch
md French descent The apple Is
iyided into three man classes. eating
apples, which the English cali dessert
apple cooking apples. which they
all kitchen apples, and cider apples
II course, mest apples will produce cider,
put there IS a difference between some
farletios Of apples which are bred and
cultivated especially for the produe-
ion Of cider just as there is a differ
nee between table grapes and wine
grapes
The culture Of the apple has come
o occupy a large measure OF the time
I American 0rchardists and pomoI9
lsts, and IN some sections of the United
states IFS culture and harvesting ana
ale have been commercialzed In Suck
n efficient way as to yield profits that
ave set farmers IN all parts Of the
ountry to thinking on this subject
The apple appetite Of the people of the
lnitcd States IS being stimulated by th,
tective advertising and aluring eN-
lblts oi the fruit A the time Of ih
utbreak Of the great war heavy ship
lents Of American apples were ben.
1ade to Europe OH, variety of IL,
american apple and that grown in IN
.ast, gained favor In England a goaa
1any years ago because Of the preference
IT II expressed by Queen Victoria. an,
X shipments Of these apples were naa,
very Year That apple is the Albe
iarle plppln. However, If is tie NestsH
pple grower. and more specially 8
pple grover # the north Pacific caas
no was really developing a wide foreg
1arket for American apples