The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-21
Culinary Expert Quotes Result
of Uncle Sans Esperi-
rnents as Proof. y

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2o.-"on my
way through one of our largest mar
kets the other day Twas struck more
than ever before with the great guam
titles and numerous varities OF fresh
fruits, displayed" says Mrs. Anna B.
Scott, culinary expert Of the North
American. 1t made me realize how
We have, within the last few years,
grown to be one OF the frst-if not
the frst-among fruit eating nations.
This, Of course, is a fine develop
ment for fruits are among the very
best Of foods-though am sure a
great many people do not vet think
OF them as foods 1t is only few
years since many OF the varieties now
common on every hand were regarded
more or less as luxnries, and not FREE
quently ind4lged In by any but the
well-to-do. gs
( within the memory Of men and
women still under 80 conditions in
this line have changed wonderfully.
In the first place, fruit growing has
become more general in this country.
In the second place, the development
of cold storage -which is admirable
for many kinds Of fruit has made
possible more even distribution
throughout the year And in the third
place last, but not least-the Amer
lean people are beginning to appre-
ciate the food value Of fruit, though
not in such measure as they should,
u. s. Tests Fruit Food Values.
SIN a bulletin issued blythe United
States department OF agriculture, this
last mentioned phase OF the matter, Is
mentioned as follows:s
In, most families fruits are COM
monty thought Of as food acces7
sorry, and are ,prized for their
pleasant favor or for supposed
hygienic reasons rather than for
their food value; yet a. study OF
available figures shows that they
constitute q by no means unim-
portant part of the diet, since
they supply, on the basis Of re-
cent statistics, "A per cent Of the
total food and 81 per cent Of the
total ca1ibohydra of the aver
age American diet.
.Of course, 1t is difficult to impress
the average persons, long used to re-
garding fruit as a mere fancy incident
to diet, with the Importance OF state
.ment Of this sort. The government
evidently was aware OF this fact, for
1t has not asked any one to take even
its word for the, truth Of the mat
ter.
sIt has put the matter 10 a rea,
test.
again | quote from an official sb,llt
letin:
With view to learning some
tiffng more definite regarding the
possibilities OF fruits as Sources
of nutrients supplied by fruits
and other foods, the digestibility
Of a fruit diet as compared with y
an ordinary mixed diet, and re-
lated question, extended investi-
cations were undertaken at the !
California agricultural experiment
station by Prof. NJ. 3. Jaffa .
In the first series reported six
dietary studies were made with
frpitarians- two women and four
children who had lived on a fruit
and nut diet for several years.
The dietary studies covered from 8
twenty to twenty-eight days, and
! the daily food consisted Of dir
ferents comhinations OF fruit and
nuts, of,which the following days
ration may serve as a. sample:!
4Sb grams apples, no grams ha- r
nanas, $50 grams oranges, .
grams dates. grams honey, 10
grams olive oil, 90 grams almonds,
10 grams pine nuts and 80 grams
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