The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-09-20
APPLES MAINTAIN A
NATIONS STAMINA

Despite the fact that he is offered no
encouragement for even a negligent
export business, III. F. Davidson, New
York representative of a number OF
northwest apple shipping associations,
writes that he believes growers will
work on profitable basis this season.
''At present." writes Mr.. Davidson,
there is no encouragement whatever
with regard to exports to Europe and
with very little for South America. IL
we could only have limited:use of the
export trade it would help the situa.
tion materially.
''No Hood River apples have arrived
OIL this market yet. In fact none have
been shipped, so far as | know. In the
meantime California apples are selling
at very his figures. | saw a car of
handsome California Kings selling on
the Erie dock this morning (September
l4) at from S275 to 1925 per box,
which is probably from 81 to $l.25
higher than the same apples would
have sold any other season.
"The pear market is weak with price
ruling low. A good many cars of over
ripe fruit are being sold every day.
We are looking for an excellent apple
market, and we believe that the Hood
River valley will enjoy a season Of
prosperity far in excess of any previous
| season.
With his letter Mr.. Davidson enclosed
| copy of communication that he had
recently received from England con-
tanning an article on the food value of
apples by Josiah Oldfeld, senior medi-
cal officer of the Lady Margaret's S
Fruitarian Hospital.
This communication is very inter-
esting," writes Mr.. Davidson ''as it
goes somewhat into the food values of
apples as nerve tonic and general
health builder
The article of the London physician
| follows:
In the early weeks of the war | gave
an interview to one of the London
dailies and ventured to prophesy that
the end of the contest would be inf1u-
enced largely by dietary problems, and
in these problems | did not consider
that the question of protein and scale
calorifiic values for muscular substance
would be of so much Importance as
those of foods which supply nerve nu-
triton; i. e., fats and salines.
1t is very difficult to deprive any be-
sieged country-or even any besieged
city-of all sources of muscular norish-
ment so long as any other cellulose re-
mains to be transferred by chemical
agencies into a more digestible form
of carbohydrate. The difficulty for
Germany as beleagured country was
therefore not really either meat, or
cereals, or potatoes, but fats and fruits
and salads.
The joining up of Turkey threw my
prophesy out of gear as to time. be-
cause it opened up.the great stores of oil
and figs and other fruits of Asia Minor.
This source is slowly failing, and to-
day, IN psite of complete calorific di-
etary, the people of Germany are be-
ginning to develop the disease of NAL
nerve nutrition.
! There are beginning in Germany al.
ready grave manifestations of the basic
origin of many diseases.
The latest is a widespread oedema in
the legs and feet and face, of which
particulars are given in the late issue
of "The Lancet" This will steadily
get worse and worse as another-winter
comes on unless fresh fruit, and salads
and seed oils, can be introduced largely
in Germany
| have dealt at length with Germany
and her fate, to emphasize the great
Importance of avoiding a similar catas.
trophe for England.
English stamina, courage endurance
and heart for the war depend on com.
plete nerve nutrition. Now for this,
the calorific values of wheat, or beans,
or beef affords no criterion.
The danger is that laboratory scien-
fists will measure the comparative i'm
portance of cargoes by calorific values,
and will on this ground tend to debar
juicy fruit as being very light cargo
compared with legumes or cereals.
Every effort should be exercised TOP
event this, or else when the mischief
is done there will be panic importa.
tion of anti-scorbutic fruits. | note
that a small number of ships are still
allowed to run to the West Indies for
bananas, and this is excellent, but
weight for weight and bulk for bulk
the most important fruit to be import.
ed during the winter and early spring
of 1918 is apples.
| We're | food controller in Germany
and allowed the choice of free import
of on article of food from November tc
April, should select the apple.
So in England, while for Importation
purposes legumes and peanut are the
most concentrated form of proteid rice
and wheat and maize the most impor.
tant of the cereals olive oil. sesame
oil, peanut oil and almond oil the finest
form of fat; apples. lemons, oranges
land onions) are immeasurably the
most important of fruits, which are
nerve foods, and without the presence
of whose salts physiological functions
fail.
1t will be a grave risk to England
home stamina if her supply of apples
is cut off, because during the winter
conditions in this climate they are su
perior to the lemons or oranges anC
cannot the replaced by any other fruit