East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-07-07
From tho Rural New Yorker
Use of Fruit and Vegetables.

IN improper condition, and many there
fore discard their use almost entirely
This is not only iniuditious, but ex
tremey dangerous, for at no season oil
the year are vegetables and fruit as
much needed, and therefore as healthftl
as in the heat of summer. Nature
Graves a liberal supply, and he who DO,
nies the demand does so at bis own
peril If persons are willing to run the
risk, they may do so, but we havo nc
patience with men who deny them to
their families, specially to their child
ren. Children will obtain fruit, and il
it is not furnished at home 10 proper
quantities and condition, and al the
worst times it will be had in improper
quantities and condition, abroad. The
only safe way, therefore, is for parents
to furnish children the best fruit they
can obtain, aud liberal supply, and
thus learn them to distinguish between
the good and bad A supply Of fruit is
almost sure preventative of bilious
and other complaints so common in the
summer season. .a,
The Southern Rebellion has taught
our surgeons the necessity ofvegetables
TO tho health of an army, and their en-
tire lack, or not sufficient supply, has
cost thousands Of lives. Prof. Loomis,
in the Patent Office Report, shows the
reasons why the use of fruits aud vege.
tables have been considered unhealthful
in the cities, and we make the following
extract, which is not only worthy Of
perusal but of remembrance
Here lies the whole trouble-the
vegetables of the city are not the vege-
tables of the country. The latter al e
usually gathered aud eaten at the time
of their perfection, the former before or
after; in either Of which cases their
chemical constitution, as we have seen,
is not that OF ripened fruit the one is
digestble, nutritious aud cooling; the
other indigestible and poisoning
These chemical facts fully explain all
the results attendant upon eating fruits
audi Vegetables, When eaten fresh
gathered in the country, they fully an.
swer the character we have assigned
them, as being tho most healthtul and
beneficial of summer food; in the city,
after leagues of transportation under q
burning sun, and hours of storage in
they are well adapted to JUS
tiiy tho common suspicion as to their
qualities.
The countryman, as he gathers the
full grown and luscious products Of his
own fields, may know he is receiving for
and those he provides for, gifts
from the goddess of health.
Though tho solution of the whole
ease is SO simple, the remedy appears
far less SO.
1t is difficult to get sufficient supplies
Of proper vegetable food for denscly
city; so difficult, in fact, that
we shall do better service by indicating
what is our best means of meeting the
case as it stands, than OF indicating its
remedy: f.
|, 1t is better to do without vegeta.
jles altogether than to use them in any
other than their prime condition,
2, No intelligent provider for house.
hold ought ever to bring into bis home,
fruits, berries or vegetables, green, un.
'lpe, oVerlpe, Wllted or decayed.
3, Produce purchased in market, be.
,ause it is cheap, or under price, is cul
oable economy it is paying half price
or what is not on y worthless but
worse. fs
A, Salads, lettuce, kale, cucumbers,
'eas, and green corn, wilt under any
'ircumstancesin few hours, and should
therefore, be eaten the same day gath
red. Peas should DC picked, shelled,
nd cooked Immediately.
s, Berries, melons, tomatoes, and all
iInilar juicy fruits, having but brief
ntcrim between the unripe anl decay.
ng condition, are always just objects of
uspicion and Intelligent examination"
ApppsTrD ny Nj IIsrAVp C,,l Sir Dor |