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July and August. They are set in boxes partially filled with light soil, with an 

 inch and a half of fine sand over the earth — the cuttings are pushed into the sand 

 until they reach the dirt ; they are then placed in the shade and well watered ; this 

 is repeated whenever the top of the sand begins to look dry, and not before. The 

 cuttings should not be set too closely together. 



SWEET APPLES. 



VERY suggestive subject title to the appreciator of 

 "Apples and milk," waking up delicious memories of the 

 simple good things enjoyed in younger years — perchance 

 forgotten or neglected in later days of more studied epi- 

 cureanism. 



The suitableness and healthfulness of fruit as an article 

 of diet — not as a mere luxurious come-between or after- 

 course, when hunger is appeased and the variety and 

 quantity of food already taken is quite equal to the power 

 of right digestion — is much lauded, highly recommended 

 at the present day. 

 To such an innovation the veriest gastronomer can scarce object. 

 Among the staples of " fruit as a diet" what more deserving of epicurean enco- 

 mium than baked sweet apples ? Surely it should rank as a standard among appe- 

 tizing dishes. What an agreeable accompaniment to the farmers' tea-table in 

 harvest time. 



And these may be enjoyed the year round, saving an interim of a few months 

 when the smaller garden-fruits are in plenty, and can delightfully atone for their 

 absence. 



A fine collection suiting this soil and climate might embrace — ''Sweet June" 

 and " Sweet Bough;" "Golden," " Jersey," and "Haskell Sweets;" "Summer 

 Sweet Paradise" and "Autumnal Swaar;" "Bailey," " Tallman," "Ladies," and 

 " Green Sweet" — and you have them from raid August to May, ripening in the 

 order in which they are named. 



There are many phases of digestive disarrangement where acids prove so harm- 

 ful that the invalid is obliged to abstain almost entirely from fruits — then the 

 luxury of a tender juicy sweet apple is readily discovered and appreciated. 



Many seem indifferent to all but "sour apples ;" they surely cannot know any- 

 thing about the deliciousness of a really fine dessert sweet apple. 



ELSIE 

 Waukesha, Wisconsin. 



