Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1893 — The Bed Apples of Oregon. [ARTICLE]

The Bed Apples of Oregon.

The romance of the red apples of Oregon in the gold decade is one of the idylls of our past; one that we never expect to see revived, dearly as we cherish it. It wa3 part and parcel of the extravagance of that period, and as graphic in its way as tales of Ormuz and of Ind—fitting accompaniment to California’s dream of gold. The Oregonian of the forties is becoming scarce; only enough are left for object lessons. There is come to the Pacific a generation that knew little or nothing of the rhapsody of the golden age. These men arc practical; $1 a bushel seems price enough for them. Years ago a few men, not fanners, attempted to make a pleasure of horticulture and planted trees to vary the monotony of sedentary life. They were often professional men.—[New York Tribune.