The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-29
REDUCE COST OF LIVING?
EAT AN APPLE '--SURfACE
They Are Not Only Economical, but
Fruit Is Conducive to the Preserva-
tion of Health, Which Is an Impor-
tant Matter

In replying to the inquiry, "WIhat is
the best method of reducing the cost
of living State Zoologist H.'A. Sur
face replied, "That is easy. Use
fruits In abundance while they are so
cheap. There have been few years
when fruits of all kinds were so abun-
dant and so cheap as at present. While
the last of the peaches are now going
through bhc market, apples and pears
have just commenced to come in. APP
pies of twenty different kinds can be
bought in the market at prices below
the cost of any other food commodity
of proportionately nourishing quality
"There are nearly 200 different
ways of preparing and serving apples.
No fruit is so remarkably adapted to
different methods of serving and this
makes it possible to use larger guam
tity in short time than though they
were restricted to but few methods of
use. 1t is not necessary to mention the
various methods in which apples can be
prepared or served, as the good house
wife knows all about this. 1t should
be sufficient to call her attention to the
fact that this is an apple season, and
good homegrown apples are more
abundant and cheaper than usual. Ow-
ing to the European war, there will not
be nearly so many apples shipped
abroad this year, and prices are cOnse-
quently lower. The consumer has the
benefit of low PRICES in fruits this year
in this vicinity To prove this all that
10 m tn int tho b atc
and see for himself what he can buy
with but little money.
' ANY kind of apple on the market will
keep week or two in the temperature
of an ordinary living room, and many
will keep two months or more. 1t is
consequently possible to buy a half
| bushel or a bushel, and use them not
only raw, or for dessert purposes, but
also for sauce, pies, dunn mplings, 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 com
modify. Consumers should learn to
buy in as large unit as possible, and
| thus get it at much lower price pro-
| portionately. Any food substance that
will keep as well as apples can, indeed.
be purchased by the bushel quantity or
| barre for even small family.
''In buying fruits it is 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 few of the Wealthy and
the Summer Rambo on the market, and
these are beyond mention of high quail,
ity. Others, like the Pewaukee, Moth
er and Bonum, are excellent at this sea-
son, while Grimes Golden is one of the
best that viii be known until after
| Thanksgiving. At the proper period
other varieties, like Jonathan, Stayman
Winesap and Paragon, will have their
respective periods of best maturity.
followed later by York Imperial, Gano
and others that were never intended to
ase as fall varieties.
"When the purchaser finds va
riety of fruit 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 as
sured of quality, as it must be acknowl-
| edged that there are some varieties that
surely are not as high in quality as
| others.
- Not only is economy to be consid-
cred in the use of fruits, but the preSer
walton of health is likewise an impor-
| tant item.
"The human system calls for fruit as
large part of its diet. One pound of
| fruit costs less than one-tenth pound of
meat. and is far more healthful. In
fact, no kind of food that can be con
sumed is more healthful than at least
an abundant proportion of fruits in the
| daily ration.