Produced by Steven Giacomelli, Stephen H. Sentoff and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University) THE APPLE. THE KANSAS APPLE. THE BIG RED APPLE. The Luscious, Red-cheeked First Love of the Farmer's Boy. The Healthful, Hearty Heart of the Darling Dumpling. WHAT IT IS. HOW TO GROW IT. ITS COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE. HOW TO UTILIZE IT. [Illustration] COMPILED AND REVISED BY THE KANSAS STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, WILLIAM H. BARNES, Secretary, State Capitol, Topeka, Kan. 1898. [Illustration: J.S. PARKS PRINTER TOPEKA] THE APPLE! WHAT IT IS. DEFINITION. =The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (_Pyrus malus_), the origin of which is probably the wild crab-apple of Europe, cultivated in innumerable varieties in the temperate zones.= =It is scarcely known in the wild state, but as an escape from cultivation its fruit becomes small, acid, and harsh, and is known as the crab; the cultivated crab-apple is the fruit of other species of _Pyrus_. Of the cultivated crabs there are the Siberian (_Pyrus prunifolia_), the Chinese (_Pyrus spectabillis_), and the Cherry-crab (_Pyrus baccata_), all natives of northern Asia.= =The apple was first introduced into America from England, in 1629, by the governor of Massachusetts Bay.= LAWS PERTAINING TO APPLE ORCHARDISTS. Extracts from General Statutes of Kansas, 1897. CUTTING OR DESTROYING FRUIT- OR SHADE-TREES. (Vol. 2, p. 374.) Sect. 423. If any person shall cut down, injure or destroy or carry away any tree placed or growing for use, shade or ornament, or any timber, rails or wood standing, being or growing on the land of any other person, or shall dig up, quarry or carry away stones, ore or mineral, gravel, clay or mold, roots, fruits, or plants, or cut down or carry away grass, grain, corn, flax or hemp in which he has no interest or right, standing, lying or being on land not his own, or shall knowingly break the glass or any part of it in any building not his own, the party so offending shall pay to the party injured treble the value of the thing so injured, broken, destroyed or carried away, with costs, and shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $500. DESTRUCTION BY FIRE. (Vol. 2, p. 372.) Sect. 415. If any person shall wantonly and wilfully set on fire any woods, marshes or prairies so as thereby to occasion any damage to any other person he shall upon conviction be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and not less than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than six months and not less than ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. DECEPTION IN SALE OF TREES, PLANTS, ETC.