It is a gentle spur and tonic to the whole biliary system.
Then I have read that it has been found by analysis to contain more
phosphorus than any other vegetable. This makes it the proper food of
the scholar and the sedentary man; it feeds his brain and it stimulates
his liver. Nor is this all. Besides its hygienic properties,
the apple is full of sugar and mucilage, which make it highly
nutritious. It is said, "The operators of Cornwall, England, consider
ripe apples nearly as nourishing as bread, and far more so than
potatoes. In the year 1801--which was a year of much scarcity--apples,
instead of being converted into cider, were sold to the poor, and the
laborers asserted that they could 'stand their work' on baked apples
without meat; whereas a potato diet required either meat or some other
substantial nutriment. The French and Germans use apples extensively,
so do the inhabitants of all European nations. The laborers depend
upon them as an article of food, and frequently make a dinner of sliced
apples and bread."
Yet the English apple is a tame and insipid affair compared with the
intense, sun-colored and sun-steeped fruit our orchards yield.
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