388 State Horticultural Society. 



The analysis of the apple shows that it contains: 



Water 83 . o 



Albuminoids 0.4 



Sugar 6.8 



Malic acid i . o 



Peciare, Pectin and ( inm 5.2 



Cellulose 3.2 



Mineral matter 0.4 



In the use of the apple one must study their own idiosyncrasies and 

 if raw apples do not agree with one, use them baked or stewed. Use them 

 in some form, and mercurial and other purgatives may be dispensed 

 with. Many dollars are spent annually for drugs that could be put to 

 much better use by buying fruit and using it freely. Certainly the fruit 

 habit would give greater pleasure to the participant than the drug habit. 



I am glad to see that fruit stands are springing up on our candy 

 stores. Let us educate people to its use by placing it before them in as 

 attractive packages as the candy man does his wares, and provide fruit 

 palaces, where it can be obtained at all hours of the day at a reasonable 

 price. It certainly will help to correct the evil elfects of the near-by 

 saloon, one writer stating that an apple eaten before breakfast and one 

 each at 11 a. m., 3 p. m. and 6 p. m., is very effective in removing the 

 desire for intoxicants. 



It is said the apple excites the action of the liver and influences the 

 secretions of the kidneys, preventing calculus growth, while they relieve 

 indigestion and are one of the best preventives known for diseases ot 

 the throat. 



As for brain food, the apple has been considered of great value, con- 

 taining more phosphoric acid than any other fruit. No doubt the apple 

 is the cause of so much brain power found in every horticultural society. 



It can be ranked with the cabbage, carrot, beet and onion to be rec- 

 ommended to the fair sex, that they may secure a clear complexion or to 

 retain one already possessed. 



Every farmer should have an orchard with varieties of apples that 

 will last from earlv summer irntil late in the spring, but he does not, and 

 you must ])rovide him against this great lack of valuable food. The resi- 

 dent of town or city is more apt to make greater use of the apple than 

 ".he coimtry resident, for they are before him at store or market, and with 

 their tempting color and odor persuade him to indulge. 



The culls or inferior stock can be made into apple butter or evap- 

 orated. \Mien you can place a good grade of apple butter upon the 

 market you are certainly aiding the busy housewife by lessening her 

 tasks and also give a good food to her family. \\'ith two steam cookers, 

 a colander run by steam and the industrious help of about six women 



