. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. Fig 16.—VAN MONS leon le clekc. FiC. 17.—DOYENNE DU COMICE. Seit. 15, 1877.] SUPPLEMENT TO THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE, Vll. Fig. iS.—Stirling Fir; 19.—REINETTE IE CAUX. wilh love, handed an Apple to the object of hischoice. We know that Adam could not resist thetemptation of eating one, and from the time of Adamto the present no fniit has given so much pleasure bothto the eye and palate. From the egg to the Apple,a common Roman saying, proves that no Romandinner was complete without it. In Engla
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. Fig 16.—VAN MONS leon le clekc. FiC. 17.—DOYENNE DU COMICE. Seit. 15, 1877.] SUPPLEMENT TO THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE, Vll. Fig. iS.—Stirling Fir; 19.—REINETTE IE CAUX. wilh love, handed an Apple to the object of hischoice. We know that Adam could not resist thetemptation of eating one, and from the time of Adamto the present no fniit has given so much pleasure bothto the eye and palate. From the egg to the Apple,a common Roman saying, proves that no Romandinner was complete without it. In England, in re-mote times, it was surrounded with mysterious Druids, ancient and respectable gentlemen asthey were, full of reverence for trees, were as respect-ful to the Apple as to the Oak ; and it is not so longsince that in the West of England the nide farmersand ruder peasants testified their appreciation of itsgood qualities by composing songs in it<^ honour:— Heres to thee, old Apple tree !Whence thou mayst bud and whence thou mayst blow,And whence thou mayst bear Apples full, caps full,Bushels and sacks fall. Huzza ! is a verse of old Devonshire doggrel, to ensure thegood off
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