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•' The apple is the commonest and yet the most varied and beautiful of 

 fruits. A dish of tliem is as becoming to the center table in winter as 

 was the vase of flowers in the summer, * * * * a rose when it 

 blooms, tlie apple is a rose when it ripens. It pleases every sense to 

 which it can be addressed, the touch, the smell, the sight, the taste; and 

 when it falls in the still October days it pleases the ear. It is a call to a 

 banquet ; it is a signal that the feast is ready." 



