Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1910 — Apples. [ARTICLE]

Apples.

At a land and irrigation show held in Chicago, one of the visitors, an exCongressman from lowa, waxed eloquent over the apple exhibit. “The second most beautiful thing in the world.” said the gallant lowan, “is a ripe apple.” The love of apples is by no means confined -to ex-Congreesmen. There are a lot of everyday Americans whose heartstrings twine around the Northern Spy, whose souls thirst for the juicy Astrachan. The steaming dumpling, sweet and palatable and indigestible, has become a familiar part of the autumn landscape. As the years go, 1909 was a great year for apple. Thirty-five . million barrels is the latest estimate for the United States and Canada —twelve million more than in the previous year. Most of the Eastern States have-shown gains, the West has produced a better quality, and the Southern States have doubled last year's yield. Tet tinre is something vitally wroxg

with the apple situation. Insects, tree diseases, produce dealers and railroads have conspired to prevent the general use of this fruit as food in our large cities. Within the boundaries of on_e of our great apple growing States the resident of the Metropolis delivers up five cents for one apple polished on the sleeve of an Italian vendor, and sighs for the days of apple wealth back on the farm.—Success Magazine.