Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1914 — Heart of the Apple Tree. [ARTICLE]

Heart of the Apple Tree.

It is quite a popular impression that the heart of tbe apple tree is essential to its well-bolng. Yet it is known that the heart is but dead wood and ""piayy 1 i ttle—part la - th® - llfe or usefulness of the tree. It helps to keep the tree upright and gives strength to it after the wood that composes the heart has ceased to perform cellular work. The strength given by the heart is valuable when great windstorms sweep over the orchard; for, without the hard wood in the center of the 'tree, it would bend anu break. It is often noticed that hearts of apple trees rot out, and the trfces go on bearing as if nothing had happened.—-Far-mers Review. >