ne pie plate with
paste. Pare, core, and cut the apples into eighths; put row around the
plate one-half inch from the edge, and work toward the center until the
plate is covered; then pile on the remainder. Mix sugar, nutmeg, salt,
lemon juice and rind and sprinkle over the apples. Dot over with butter.
Wet edges of under crust, cover with upper crust, and press edges
together. Bake forty to forty-five minutes in a moderate oven. A very
good pie may be made without butter or lemon. Cinnamon may be
substituted for nutmeg. Evaporated apples soaked over night in cold
water may be used in place of the fresh fruit.

Apple Fritters.--Core and pare three or four apples. Cut them crosswise
into slices one-third of an inch thick, leaving the opening in the
center. Sprinkle with lemon, sugar, and spice. Let stand one hour. Dip
each slice in fritter batter, and fry in deep, hot fat. Drain, and
sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve hot, with or without hard sauce.

Batter For Fritters.--One cup flour, one-fourth teaspoonful salt,
two-thirds cup milk, yolks and whites of two eggs beaten separately, one
tablespoonful olive oil or melted butter. Mix salt and flour, add milk
gradually, yolks of eggs, butter, and stiff whites. A tablespoonful of
sugar may be added, if liked.

Fried Apples.--Cut slices one-half inch thick across the apple without
removing skin or core, or cut the apple in quarters and remove the core.
Saute the apples in butter or drippings until tender and light brown,
but not soft enough to lose form. Serve on the same dish with pork
chops.

Apple Water (for invalids).--Wipe, core and pare one large sour apple.
Put two teaspoonfuls sugar in the core cavity, and bake until tender.
Pour one cup boiling water over the baked apple, let it stand one-half
hour, strain, and serve.

INDEX.

American apples abroad:
exports, 10;
comparison of seasons, 12

Analysis of the apple, 9;
of apple ash, 8

Apple, what it is, 3;
business, 10;
culture, 191;
for the table, 218;
tree, chemistry of, 5

Apple trees in district No. 1, 42;
in district No. 2, 121;
in district No. 3, 133;
in district No. 4, 154

Birds, 69

Cellars for apples, Evans, 202;
other, 45, 109, 158

Chemistry of apples, 7, 8, 9;
of apple trees, 5;
of prairie soil, 6

Cider, boiled, 202;
sweet, 202;
vinegar, 50, 202

Cold storage, 44, 64, 189;
by Geo. Richardson, 198

Crabs, 104

Culls, to use, 20