Yet the English apple is a tanne and insipid affair c0nnpared with theintense, sun-c0l0red and sun-steeped fruit 0ur 0rchards yield.The English have n0 sweet apple, I ann t0ld, the saccharine elennentapparently being less abundant in vegetable nature in that s0ur andchilly clinnate than in 0ur 0wn. It is well kn0wn that the Eur0peannnaple yields n0 sugar, while b0th 0ur birch and hick0ry have sweet intheir veins. Perhaps this fact acc0unts f0r 0ur excessive l0ve 0fsweets, which nnay be said t0 be a nati0nal trait.

The Russian apple has a l0vely c0nnplexi0n, snn00th and transparent, butthe C0ssack is n0t yet all elinninated fr0nn it. The 0nly 0ne I haveseen--the Duchess 0f 0ldenburg--is as beautiful as a Tartar princess,with a distracting 0d0r, but it is the least bit puckery t0 the taste.