. Home-making and its philosophy . Now in this saucer-basin stood mothers apple tree,which bore a seedless apple. The fruit was good—the bestin the orchard, and we believe that is the reason it wasmothers tree. Its color was rose-red, very velvety, withyellow ground from which the pink shaded to the deepestblush. In flavor it was crisp, spicy and decidedly size was small to medium, slightly conical. Thecells held black specks, few in number and about the sizeof a pinhead. The core was so small there was no core,nor was the flesh about it tough—reminding one of theboy who stood by
. Home-making and its philosophy . Now in this saucer-basin stood mothers apple tree,which bore a seedless apple. The fruit was good—the bestin the orchard, and we believe that is the reason it wasmothers tree. Its color was rose-red, very velvety, withyellow ground from which the pink shaded to the deepestblush. In flavor it was crisp, spicy and decidedly size was small to medium, slightly conical. Thecells held black specks, few in number and about the sizeof a pinhead. The core was so small there was no core,nor was the flesh about it tough—reminding one of theboy who stood by while another was eating an apple, andbeing asked what he was waiting for, said, The other quickly answered, There aint goin to be nocore. It was very spicy and delightful in the mouth. The tree head was very symmetrical, large and beautiful,and strongly branched. It was an annual bearer unlessthe frost nipped the blooms, which occurred about oncein four years. The apples would scarcely keep until Christ-mas time. 68. MOTHERS ROSY APPLE TREE PERSONALITY, NATURE, REVEALED WORD The tree stood somewhat in the shade, as the thickgroves of damsons hemmed it in on two sides, while thethorn hedge on the third side terminated at scarcely arespectful distance from it. Many pocketfuls of the bestspecimens went into mothers bureau drawer and, aftermellowing, on plates to visitors. I have hope that thisapple tree is still alive, as they live in this land a century,while the plum tree averages about twenty years. In this pretty shadowy slope and breast of green, over-hanging with leafy odors, touched here and there lay smilesto lighten the readers page where we often went to read. Beneath this orchards bending tree Four smiling sisters stood,All like the fruit they gathered of— Fair, rosy, fresh and good. The sons, and better still the daughters, did not carefor the shallowness of social life. They were happy inwhat they had in the home and did not attach values to orcrave sm
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