How To Judge Of Fruits

Tt is quito amusing to observo the different estimates f'ormed oí nowly iutroduced varieties of iruit. A maD raides a sood'ing peur, which, in his own partiul judsrraent, seeras very good. He nhowa it confidentiiil'y to a friend or two, who. ia the kindness of their heartö, pronounce it first rate, delicious! The man's oyes open wide; e imagines he has producecl a new 8eckel or Virgaiieii; a fortuno may bo tnadeout of íñ sale; h& ñames t "Excolwor," ' "Yoaag America," or BomeilKng e!se more sounding and taking. Then ho propagates itr Wgely and introducás t to tho raaritet. What is his surprise to find that his bantling produces no great seoation; the public cnl it second-rate, inferior to many otbers now in cnkivation, and nov worthy of general' notice Tho man ieels hurt- hurt 11. his feelings and iu that lenderèr place, ihe pocket. E" insists upon it that the fruit coiPTnitteea are prejndiced, aro hostile. and determineü to ruin hitn. It takus a long timo for him to find oui that he bas been deluded by his own l'eehnge and sell interest. Such cases aro quite common. Mistakes arise al-o from tho time and ciroums' anees in wbioh an opinión is lonned. A person may be oalled upon to test the quality "f a new fruit; when his appetito has just bean sated and cloyed by enting inany other fine sorts; of course, ho would not be likely to fortn a very fuvorable ostimate, nor one to be relied on. Or the trial nriy be made when ha ia exceeding fruit hungry: he hns been traveliiiíT all day. has bad littlo to eat or drink, and is feverlteh wiih heat and ravonous for food. Now bring on vuur now candidato for pomológica! í,onors- be it apple, pear, grape, or anythingin tho iruit line- and forthwith, it is pronounced "fine," "superexcellent," "food fit for tho gds!" What do you think of that judgment? Not much we hope. We haro hoard oí a wild grape being found many reara ago, by a party of explorers in the Rocky Mountains, whioh they esteemed so wondrous pood - better than the Hamburgs or Muscadines - that they afterivard procured a root, carried it many weary miles by hand, and brought it to an oastern'oity for cultivation. Oh, how disappointed were they to find on iu coming into bearing again, that ir. was no better than the coinmonest wild grapes of New-England woods! Ah, if they had brought heme also their sharp appetites from the Liocky Mountains, the grape would also have inaintained its original exoe lence. We need not enumera'.e other circumstances that come in to m:ir one's judgment of new fruit. It is plain, however, that the ownor of a eedling i api to be a poor judge of it,. and th-Wt time and circumstances must also li takan into the account One trial is oX ennugh, nor ia one year's trial - i ne standard fruit should always be al hand with whicb t compare the ;iev-conier. ' nd with the best of ..h.: f. f, it wil] take lime and Deceonitate ■ome b!;iudo:s, perhapR, beforu the new ínirí has its true and fiiial p'ac eigued it.-