The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-11-03
Use of the Apple.

From Farmers Bulletin, No. 113.
No fruit known to the Guilt
vator in the North Temperate Zone
can take the place of the apple as a
food product Many other fruits, in
deed most cultivated fruits, rank as
luxuries, but the apple in most parts
of the United States is one of the lead
ing staple products of the farm.
In its numerous varieties, its sea-
son of maturity extends throughout
the year. No other fruit of the Tenn
perate Zone may thus be had in con-
tinuous succession without resorting
to artificial means of preservation. 1t
is prominently useful in the Household
economy. AS culinary fruit none eX-
cell it. 1t graces the table in greater
variety of farms than any other, and
as dessert fruit few are its equal
and none its superior. Its Juice when
extracted makes an excellent and
wholesome beverage, and for vinegar
it has no rival. As a market fruit it
is one of the easiest and least expen-
sive to handle, and usually finds
ready sale if we'll grown and handled
with care
Among the many ways in which the
apple is now used in the manufacture
of jellies and preserves is one of
growing Importance. The numerous
factories for the manufacture of these
goods which have sprung up all over
the apple-growing region of the coun-
try have not only created a demand
for second and third grade apples,
but also for the waste products-cores
and slins-resulting from drying and
evaporating the fruit 1t has been
found that jellies made from this APP
pie waste are almost as good as those
from the whole fruit
Chops, for which there is also ready
sale for export purposes, are made
from the lower grade apples by
chopping the whole fruit into coarse
pieces and evaporating them
Apple butter of the real, rich, old
time farm product, not the thin, fac
tory-made excuse, fills an important
place in the household economy and
always finds a ready sale at good
prices.
Good sweet cider made from sound
apples, not from half-decayed, wormy
fruit, is one of the most healthful prod
ucts of the orchard, and all surplus
over and above what is needed for
home consumption is always in de
mand at remunerative prices. 1t can
be kept sweet and unfermented by
heating it to a temperature of 100
degrees F. and holding it there for
thirty minutes; then sealing it up tight
in bottles or casks, and storing it in
A cool place.
Boiled cider made in the good old
fashioned way by reducing to one-fiftl
BY boiling, and then canned, makes
IN excellent article for culinary pur-
poses, for making apple butter apple
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Dies 1t also has a commercial value.
While the aim and purpose of the
,armers should be to supply an
abundance of fruit for his own family,
lie should also be able to offer to the
outside world liberal surplus The
lpple orchard will often bring him
,etter returns for his outlay than any
,ther portion of his farm, acre for
lcre. The product of a single tree
will sometimes sell for $40 or more,
md fifty or more such trees can be
grown on an acre of land. Though
We may not always count on such large
-esults, we may safely expect the
orchard to do its full duty one year
With another, especially if we first do
our duty by it.