The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-11-05
EAT AN APPLE.
Reduce The Cost of Living by Eating
More Frmt, says State zOOlOgist
II. A. Surface.

What is the best method of re-
ducing the cost of living" State
Zoologist H. A. Surface replied,
That is easy. Use fruits in
abundance while they are so
cheap. There have been but few
years when fruits of all kinds
were so abundant and so cheap
as at present. While the last of
the peaches are now going out
through the markets, apples and
pears have just commenced to
come to it. Apples of twenty
different kinds can be bought in
the market, at prices below the
cost of any other food commodi-
ty Of proportionately nourishing
quantity.
There are nearly two hundred
different ways in preparing and
serving apples. No fruit is so
remarkably adapted to different
methods Of serving and this
makes it possible to use a larger
quantity in a short time than
though they were restricted to
but few methods of use. 1t is
not necessary to mention the va
rious methods in which apples
can be prepared or served, as the
good housewife knows all about
this. 1t should be sufficient to
call her attention to the fact that
this is an apple season, and good
home grown apples are more
abundant and cheaper than usual
Owing to the European war there
will not be nearly so many ap-
piles shipped abroad this year,
and prices are consequently low
er. The consumer has the bene-
fit of low prices in fruits this
year in this vicinity. To prove
this all that is necessary is to go
into the markets and see for HIM
self what he can buy with but
little money.
Any kind of apples on the mar
ket will keep a week or two in
the temperature of an ordinary
living room, and many will keep
two months or more. 1t is con-
sequently possible to buy a half
bushel or a bushel, and use them
not only raw, or for dessert pur-
poses, but also for sauce, pies
dumplings, tarts, baking, etc.
1t does not pay to buy by the
small measure commonly called |
the quarter" as this is really
the most expensive method of |
buying any commodity. Consum-
ers should learn to buy in as large
unit as possible, and thus get it
at a much lower price proportion
ately. Any food substance that
will keep as well as apples can
indeed be purchased by the bu-
shell quantity or barrel for even
a small family.
In buying fruits it lis important
to consider the quality that is
represented by the name of the
variety. At the present time,
for example, the good housewife
can buy nothing better than the
Smokehouse or Baldwin. There
may yet be a few of the Wealthy |
and the Summer Rambo on the
market, and these are beyond
mention, of high quality. Other
like the Pewaukee, Mother and |
Bonum are excellent at this sea-
son, while Grimes Golden is one
of the best that will be known un
til after thanksgiving. AT the
proper period other varieties like
Jonathan, Stayman, Winesap and
Paragon will have their respec- /
tive periods Of best maturity, fol-
lowed later by York imperial,
Gano, and others tnat were nev-
er intended to use as fall varie-
ties.
When the purchaser finds a va
riety of fuuit that suits him, he
should learn its name and, as far
as possible, purchase according
to the varietal name thereafter.
In this way he can be assured Of
quality, as it must be acknow-
| lodged that there some varieties
that surely are not as high in
quality as others.
Not only is economy to be con-