Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1874 — History of the Apple. [ARTICLE]

History of the Apple.

The apple, which is valued above all other fruits of Northern climates, is the descendant of the wild crab-tree, which is found very generally in the temperate zone of both hemispheres. It is men-' _tioned.,in__tM BiMe,by. Herodot,tis t -and by Pliny, the latter of whom enumerates twenty varieties that were cultivated in his time. It was in extensive ÜB3 by the Romans, and was probably introduced by them into England. After the establishment of Christianity we find that the monks planted large orchards, and rendered the fruit common throughout the island. It was brought to New England by the early settlers, and orchards were set out by the colonists and the Indians in all the original States. The apple is now one of the most widely-diffused of fruit-trees, but it succeeds best in cooler parts of the temperate zone. It occurs in Arabia. Persia, tire West Indies, and on the Mediterranean; but in these countries the fruit is small and inferior. It reaches its-greatest perfection in the United States, where more than a million of acres-.areoccupied with orchards; The value of the, crop in 1870 was over $47,.000,000. Large quantities of apples are exported from this country to England, China and the East Indies. Anna S. Getsingek, of Honesdale, Pa.,, writes the following,:. “After suffering for nearly two years from neuralgia in tliqbreast, passing up into the throat, face and head, I was entirely cured and restored to health by using Dr. L. Q. C. Wisliart’s. Pine Tree Tar Cordial.” Columbus discovered America, but it has been found that the only economical Shoes for children are the celebrated SILVER TIPPED. Never wear put at the toe, and are w worth two pairs without Tips. All Dealers sell them.