Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1938-10-21 | Page 3 | Secret Order of the Apple

Secret Order of the Apple Several hundred Norman apple-growers apple-growers recently organized into the Secret Order of the Apple, sayg a Rouen, France, correspondent It has highsigns, passwords and an official song; it stages colorful ceremonies cere-monies when new knights are initiated initi-ated Into its mysteries; it also has an elaborate and impressive ritual, wherein the apple episode in the Garden of Eden is evoked, but Eve, instead of being blamed, is praised for eating the fruit which Adam offered of-fered her. Every Knight of the Apple Ap-ple must promise, on his honor, to be true to Normandy and to Norman Nor-man products, particularly apples and cider.