APPLE 



APPLE 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON THE APPLE 



Outline 



I. Plant Family 



(1) The most important fruit of the rose 



family 



(2) Blossoms 



(3) The crab apple and common apple 



II. Apple Culture 



(1) Cultivated by earliest historic peoples 



(2) Popularly known as the fruit of the 



Garden of Eden 



(3) Prized by Greeks and Romans 



(4) Widely cultivated throughout Europe 



as far north as Scandinavia 



(5) Introduction into the United States 



(6) Growth of apple culture in the United 

 States 



(7) Cultivation in Canada 



III. Methods of Cultivation 



(1) The planting of trees 



(2) Pruning 



(3) Cultivation of the soil 



(4) Grafting 



(5) Seedless apples 



IV. Varieties 



(1) Differ in various localities 



(2) Common varieties 



V. Diseases and Pests of Apple Trees 



(1) Apple rust 



(2) Apple scab 



(3) The codling moth 



(4) The round-headed borer 



(5) The flat-headed borer 



(6) Means of prevention 



VI. Uses and Food 



(1) Eaten raw 



(2) Cooked in various ways 



(3) Dried 



(4) Canned 



(5) Cider and vinegar 



(6) Wholesomeness 



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Questions 



What relatives of the apple appear on our tables? 



Which would you rather have, all the apple orchards in the world or all the 

 orange groves? Why? 



If you save the seeds from your choicest Jonathan apples and plant them, will 

 you in time have an orchard of Jonathan apples? 



Why can apples be grown farther north than any other kind of fruit? 



What is a "love apple"? 



If you went into an orchard early in June and saw the ground heavily carpeted 

 with alfalfa, would you think the farmer knew his business? 



Who was Johnny Appleseed? 



Why arc the trunks of apple trees sometimes whitewashed? 



If you had an apple tree that produced very satisfactory fruit and wanted others 

 like it, how would you go about securing the same kind? 



What has the apple to recommend it as a food besides its flavor? 



la an orchard in which seedless apples are produced as beautiful in the spring 

 as an ordinary orchard? Why? 



What are the peculiar advantages of the seedless variety? 



What drink is made from apples? 



Describe hrirlly th<- process of inuu-. 



Which province <>f Canada produces the largest apple crop? Which state of tin- 

 ncan Union? 



apples native to the continent which is now foremost in their production ' 



What part did the apple play in the legends <>f th< Hebrews and in those of 

 ks? 



