Wild Apples

· 1862

THE HISTORY OF THE APPLE-TREE THE WILD APPLE THE CRAB HOW THE WILD APPLE GROWS THE FRUIT, AND ITS FLAVOR THEIR BEAUTY THE NAMING OF THEM THE LAST GLEANING THE “FROZEN-THAWED” APPLE It is remarkable how closely the history of the Apple-tree is connected with that of man. The geologist tells us that the order of the _Rosaceæ_, which includes the Apple, also the true Grasses, and the _Labiatæ_, or Mints, were introduced only a short time previous to the appearance of man on the globe.…

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