The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18
PREDICTS FLOW OF NEW FOOD
 ITEMS BY AIR
By THEoDoRA LnEBER

(Untteu Efose HtAM C0freanOnuent)
 Chicago, oct. ie. tUP)--Tlllps will fly in from Holland and Easter lilies from the West Indies. Resi- dents of little Southern and West. ern and Western towns will eat steaks such as they never saw be- fore, and tree-ripe figs, papayas and nectarberries will grace supper tables al lover the world shortly after they have been picked, !, Prescott Blount of United Airlines told the 3oth annual meeting Of the American Meat Institute.
 Transporting of perishables by air will change the habits of Amer jeans throughout the country, he predicted, and will reVolutlonlze entire industries, Just as impor- tant 1t will make the work of the American housewife still easier, as well as offer her new food for her table.
 "The important volume of flowers moving by air prior to the war is only 0 drop in the bucket com pared with what we will see in the years immediately ahead" he said,
 The location of hower-growing industries probably will be changed greatly on the maps of the world, duo to airplane transportation, he added.
 Spark New Trends
 For instance, the big metropoli- tan markets of the East, such as New York, are the greatest luxury market, he explained, Once, when fresh vegetables were considered Q luxury, acres of greenhouses sprang up in the East to fill this demand. When the refrigerator car was invented, the greenhouses changed their crops of vegetables for flowers.
 Now, with the transportation Of flowers by air, the greenhouses per" haps will produce penlcillin, or with some conversion. mushrooms, Business is constantly adjusting itself to new trends" he added.
 A great opportunity for the ar transportatlon of meat, also lies ahead, Hlount said. The quality Of spring lamb and fresh pork through careful handling and fast air serv- Ice can be improved greatly.
 He pictured quality meat being flown to markets all over the world at IS cents c ton.inile in huge transports of i4-ton pay loads,
 We feel there will be an eeon- omic limit rather than any engin- eering limit to the size Of future planes" he said,
 Meat will be trimmed and dressed to decrease the weight load, But the trimming and dressing Of finest Chicago beef, and super quality omaha steaks. and fancy, full oven prepared, young frying chickens will save the housewife considerable time and trouble in preparing meals.
 Pre.eut, trimmed and attractive. ly packaged in eellophane or plio' film meat and high quality speciality Items, such as calves liver, brains and fancy sausageS will attract young men and women fed up on army food and anxious to try all the new thrills in setting up house. Keeping, and will find their way to remote American communities ana points outside of the u. 8.
 Years ago bush operators neW meat in Alaska for rate ot I,oV pound. Just prior to the war some airllnes were hauling by air ex- preSS regular shipments of extra fancy trimmed steaks to certain famous West Const steak houses at 7B cents Q pound. During the war the air transport command regu.. iarly has flown 1000 pounds Of beer quarters from It, st. John. Canada' to It, Nelson in the Yukon terri tory of Alaska,
 New Fruits For East
 The fresh fruit and vegetables business however, Blount said. VIII exceed ell other producers ot ar
 "First, we will see on interesting ashortment of things that will DC either entirely new to Eastern markets, such as nectarberrieS ana Queen Ann cherries from our Northwest, and ripe papayas ana natal plums from Southern Cali fornia, or things that are entirely out of season, such as California strawberries during fall months" said.
 Second, Wayne University Is now conducting taste panel experiments on the benefits of tree-ripe fruit such as figs, tomatoes, etc, he said
 Third, commodities such as spin ache and perhaps peas, caulifiower, asparagus and sweet corn probably be prepared at the originating point for final consumption by trimming, smelling, and husking ration by