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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1880)
June, 1880. THE WEST SHORE. 73 TWO APPLES. We give in this istue engravings of two va rieties of the apple which are not generally known, but have points of excellence in some respects. The engravings are from specimena and handsomest applos in regions adapted to its growth. The description of the lied Bietig heiiner is ss follows: "Fruit large to very.rotind; roundish to conical; stalk short, stout, in a deep cavity, oalyx dosed in large deep basin; skin pale oream colored ground, mostly covered with purplish crimson; tlcsh white, tlrm, sub-acid, wilu a brisk, pleasant Uavm, lrev a uue grower and abundant bearer. Oleomariiahink appears to he coming largely into use in mauy parts of the East ami in Kuropo, and, so closely is it made to imitate butter, that a loud demand is being made to provent, by legal enactmont, the growing dis position to palm off this oompouud for the gen uine produot of the dairy. It is claimed that, while the fullest liberty should be given to every one to smear his bread with whatever he may choose to put thereon, some law should be de vised to protect people from even the chance of ignorantly swollowmg tbst which, knowingly, they would not tako into their stomachs; that whon hog, and dog, aud cat arc thrown upon the markut in such minute division that their anatomy cannot be plainly made out, their proier placo in nature shall be plainly mule known by labels. Iiot oloomsrgeriiio go from factory to mouth as oleomargarine, and not let it lie passed off for its country cousin. Make it slander, if desired, to call it "bull-butter," but make it PKKMIUM FOR. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. Uriah A. Boyden, Esq., of Boston. Mass. .ha deposited with the managers of the Franklin In atitute of Philadelphia, the sum of f 1,000 to be awarded as a premium to "Any resident of North America who shall determine br Pxwr iment whothor all rays of light, and other p'hy. sioal phenomena, are or are not transmuted with the same velocity." Among the conditions ia the requirement that each competitor must transmit to the Sec retary of the I ranklin Institute a memoir, da acrihing in detail the apparatus, tha mode of experimenting, and the results; and all memoirs received by him before the first day of January, 1881, will, as soon as poasible after that date, be transmitted to the Committee of Judges. The I toi d of Managers of the Institute shall, l.elorn the llrat day of January, 1882, select threo oitixoua of the United States, of oompetent scient in.- ability, to whom the memoira shall be referred; and the aaid Judges shall examine tha memoira and report to the Franklin Institute whether, iii their opinion, and, if so, Inch of their memoirs is worthy of the premium. And, on their report, the Institute shall decide whether the premium shell be awarded s recommended by the Judges. Kvery memoir shall be anonymous, but shall iif'W '' BUI H T THE "STUMP" APPLE. grown by Ellwanger 4 Barry, the well-known nureerymen and fruit growers of Rochester, New York. The remarkable productiveneaa shown in the laden branch ia a oharaoteristio of tho " Stump apple. No wise fruit grower would let applie f L - mm ft I....II..I o ripen in sucn a usa -i' - -curiosity; but it is weU enough to know that a tree has suoh a bearing disposition. It is easier to pull off apples than to put them on. Tha " Stump " apple originated near Rochester, New Vprk, and is described by Ellwanger A Barry aa followa: "Fruit medium site, coni cal, skin yellow striped and shaded with light red, resembles Sherwood's favorite; flesh llrrn, crisp, juioy, tauder, sprightly, sub-aciiL The fruit, from its uniform site, fine eppoaranco and mild pleasant flavor commands a ready sale at a good price. A decided acquisition to the list of profitable markstand good garden varie ties. Trae of handsome, sttoky growth and very prolific Fruit ripens at the East in September and October. The handsome apple shown in the other en graving ia tha "Red Uietighcimer," which is de scribed by the growers aa a raiw and valuable German variaty. It is an early fall apple and aa its picture shows ia 00a of ths largest TMK ItKI) BIKTKIIIEIMKIl AI'PI.K. felony to say that it is Alderney. Many ways have Imeii suggested for the detection of olen margariuu, one of tho best of which la tha microsoopio test. L'nder the glass, milk butter shows a mass of globules similar in sine and ep- Iterance, with intermediate layers 11I salt anil water. Oleomargarine shows a mass of what appears to be fan-shaped and fibrous crystallisa tions entirely different in cliaracter and appear ance from butter. Si-untakeoi-'h (Iekeration. Bsstian hss again visited Psris in ordsr to try to demon strate his views with regard to spontaneous generation. Being unable to come to any agree ment with Pasteur aa to the manner ot con ducting his exieriments, he decided to return to lindon. But before setting out he descnlwd his operation in detail, and Pasteur asked him how he cleansed his retorts, lis replied "by rinsing them with very pare water." Pasteur assured lum that there were bacteria area ia the purest water, aud adviaed him to repeat hia experiments after having heated all the ap paratus thoroughly in ths fire. Nothing has since been heard of spontaneous generation Lt AfWw. contain soma siuu by which it nan be nued anil ih-siun.iled, ami shall Imi scoompaule,! by a scaled envelope, endorsed on outside with same sign, and containing ths nsms and ad dress ol tha author ol the memoir. 1 tie mem oirs presented for the premium shall become the property of the Franklin Institute, and shall ba published aa it may direct Voracious Hinim. Ostriches are known to l.n vary voraoloue. They will snatch a bright button off one's ooat or swallow pipe, tobacco, fire and all, if you approach too near to laem whilst smoking. Ostrich breeders have an unlimited stock of atoms aa to tha line v. ing aad digestive faculties of ths ostrich. Aa ueirioh that died recently at Roma was a (air unplo of this kind. It bad been long 00 ex In bit n 11, aad an (Toes lad Itself a day or two ago by thrusting its Back between the ban of (la enclosure. A poet-mortem examination took place, aad thera were found la ita stomach four large stones, 1 1 smaller ones, 7 nails, a aeotie pin, aa envelope, 13 oopper coins, 11 heads, I French franc, two small keys, a place of a hand kerchief, a silver medal of the Pope, and tha rose of aa Italian order.
