The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-02-25
APPLE NOTES

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''He who eats an apple before going
10 bed robs the doctor OF his daily
bread" is an old saying, and ! doubl
not a true one, writes, j. 5. Under
wood In Green's Fruit Grower. In this
country where apples are so plentiful,
and choice ones too, they shoua De one
of the staples on our tables. ihey
should be served every day in some
form, cooked, baked, fried, eaten raw,
or stewed with the skins on. The best
flavor is next the skin.
A Morse myth says the gods and god
desses courted perpetual youth by eat
ing the apples provided by one OF their
number. The Romans crowned Po-
mona goddess Of fruit trees and gar
dens. picturing her seated on basket
of flowers, holding b0ugh and apples
in her hands. The high esteem IN
which the apples were held by the
apeients is worthy of cur imitation, for
tbey are not only pleasant food and nu-
tritious, but have valuable Alternative
properties and correct asldlties IN the
system. lhe malc acid in the apple
is great regulator of the proteIds
eaten, so that they do not clog the sys-
TEN. hence the value of eating apples
in the winter season.
So great is the food value o. apples
that they may be used to replace porr-
tion of the meat usually consumed.
This alone, in view of the extremely
high price of meat. should bring the
apple to the front. Apples are tome
to the brain and spur it on, because no
other fruit contains such large pro-
portion Of phosphorus, which IS the
handspring of the brain and spinal
cord so that the apple is one of the
best foods for those of active mental
life and sedentary occupation.
In my student days ! used to eat six
or seven baked apples during my even
ing study. They were put on granite
pie plate and placed in a slow oven
during some part Of the day and baked.
They are easily digested. satisfying,
and are a good nightcap.
Encourage the children to eat apples.
Eat them yourself Eat all you can
raw. dried. baked, stewed and fried
only eat No fruit, | think, is so good
as apples, and tley are easily obtained.
Where one does not have apples of his
own raising, he should encourage his
children TO spend their pennies for ap-
pies rather than candy. Apples are
one of the best and most reliable cos
metics on the market. A liberal daily
supply of this fruit will give to most
people good complexion.
Although dealers generally report
that the holiday demand for apples did
not prove to be as expected, the result
of Investigations conducted by the office
of markets of the United States de-
partment of agriculture would indicate
that the movement of cold storage ap-
pies during the month of December
was satisfactory under the conditions.
Three hundred and six firms reported
for January !, Of which number 23l re-
ported for December !.
If the average condition for this
number of storages situated in all
parts of the country is criterion, ap-
proximately Is per cent of the total
cold storage holdings December ! were
marketed prior to January /. The de-
crease in barrel holdings was much
greater than for boxes. After analyz-
ing the movement, ii is seen that dur
ing the month of December l6 per cent
of barreled apples were moved against
Az per cent of boxes.
The percentage of movement in De