20 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1888. 



American Apples ; that he estabh'shed the character of that variety 

 npon such a plane that, throughout all England, the name of 

 Newtown Pippin is a synonym for excellence ; and that the 

 Newtown Pippin itself is inferior to numerous kinds that suggest 

 themselves, at tirst thought, to an American Pomologist ; are not 

 these all facts of indubitable verity, — that should be pregnant 

 with suggestion in this very crown and plentitude of an exuberant 

 fruiting ? In this year of grace, 1888, Worcester County has 

 more Apples than can be cared for at home ; however 

 many may be eaten, [dried, or ground in wicked mills. Eng- 

 land lacks in precisely similar measure. She never did, — 

 probably could not, grow our varieties, whose excellence she is 

 beginning to appreciate ; and of such as approve themselves con- 

 genial to her climate and soil the imminent deficiency is greater 

 than usual. Commerce, however, implies reciprocity. There 

 must be a return cargo, otherwise the voyage will be profitless if 

 it does not involve a certain loss. In times not so far remote 

 Coal was free from import and was brought over in ballast. But 

 Massachusetts has been whipped to hunt in the same political 

 leash with Pennsylvania, and, in each division of the net spoils 

 of their chase, usually gets the option of a buzzard, — her mate 

 reserving the turkey. No axiom can be plainer than that if we 

 decline to obtain what we want, by barter, we shall have to pay 

 for it with cash. Neither, individuals, nor a community, can 

 endure an incessant, unremunerative drain upon their resources. 

 Live and let live ! is the essence of true Christianity, for which 

 "Root hog, or die!" can furnish but a poor substitute. The 

 Home Market is close at hand. Are there not, within hearing, 

 Pomologists who wish that its area and capacity were not quite 

 so restricted? That an extra wagon load should not cause a glut ! 

 The development of the international trade in Fruit, of late 

 years, has been noteworthy. Leaving out of all account the 

 Banana, with which few would care to dispense, let us confine 

 ourselves to the commerce in Apples. Said the Anglo American 

 Times, awhile since: — 



" The business of exporting Apples is increasing. Three years 

 ago, 220,000 barrels were shi])ped from New York ; in 1885 

 302,000 barrels, and last year 349,000 barrels." 



