166 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



THE ROLFE APPLE. 

 This fine Maine apple, regarded as equal to the Gravenstein in all 

 points, and a month longer keeper, is a round, smooth, regularly 

 shaped fruit, striped, splashed and almost covered (on a light yellow- 

 ground) with pale red, brightest in the sun. It much resembles the 

 Gravenstein, though larger and more regular in form. The flesh is 

 delicate and crisp, with a rich melting flavor, sprightly and juic}', 

 and in my judgment it is nowise inferior to Gravenstein. As a later 

 apple, so close in all points of resemblance, and so considerably 

 prolonging the season, it strongly recommends itself to orchardists 

 who seek to supply the market for "fancy" fall fruit. — Orchard and 

 Garden^ December, 1889. 



ra OREGON. 



One of our life members, James A. Varney, now President of 

 Second Eastern Oregon District Society, The Dalles, Oregon, writes 

 under date of January 16, 1890 : 



"We are having snow this winter enough to secure good crops 

 another year, no severe weather yet. We look for good fruit crop 

 next j^ear. The past j-ear's crop was large in fruit, but injured by 

 drought and codling moth. It has come to this, that he who sprays 

 not will reap not in Oregon. Our long dry seasons give us bugs all 

 the way from April to November. Good sound apples are retailing 

 to-day in this city at S3 per box (40 pounds), and Eastern apples are 

 selling in Portland market to-day notwithstanding they [may be 

 grown much quicker and cheaper than in Maine." 



The apple is one of the best fruits. Baked or stewed apples will 

 generally agree with the most delicate stomach, and are an excellent 

 medicine in many cases of sickness. Green or half ripe apples 

 stewed and sweetened are pleasant to the taste, cooling, nourishing 

 and laxative, far superior, in many cases, to the abominable doses 

 of salts and oil usually given in fever and other diseases. Raw 

 apples and dried apples stewed are better for constipation than liver 

 pills. — HalVs Journal of Health. 



