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BETTER FRUIT 



October 



Apple, King of Fruits-Cider, Queen of Drinks 



By Frank B. McMillin, Mount Gilead, Ohio 



FRUITS supply in superior form a 

 number of elements that are abso- 

 lutely essential to the well being of the 

 human body and brain. But of all our 

 varied and fascinating range of fruits 

 none can hope to ever attain the popu- 

 larity of the apple. There is no fruit 

 that lends itself to such varied uses and 

 none that can take its place as a food 

 product. Apples lead all fruits in 

 North America for the amount grown 

 and the money value involved. Our 

 total agricultural apple crop for one 

 season would make ten piles as large as 

 the Great Pyramid of Ghizeh, or would 

 wrap a band around the earth at the 

 equator a foot thick and seven feet 

 wide. The immensity of the industry 

 is little comprehended by most people. 

 Almost every state in the Union pro- 

 duces apples and in most parts of the 

 United States they are one of the lead- 

 ing staple products of the farm, where- 

 as the larger share of other cultivated 

 fruits rank as luxuries. Apples agree 

 with everyone and are found every- 

 where. They are at once the poor 

 man's fruit and the rich man's dessert. 

 All ages, conditions and kinds of people 

 relish them, yet- the rightful place of 

 the apple in our national diet is all too 

 little appreciated. 



As a matter of fact, apples merit a 

 universal use as a medicine as well as 

 a food. Analysis shows that they con- 

 tain albumin, sugar, gum, malic acid, 

 gallic acid, iiber, water and indis- 

 pensable organic salts such as potas- 

 sium, phosphorous, calcium, magne- 

 sium, silica and sulphur. The age-long 

 veneration for this king of fruits is 

 found to be well justified upon scientific 

 investigation. So marvelously are 

 health-giving properties combined in 

 apples that blood and muscle, bone and 

 nerve all receive peculiarly valuable 

 nourishment and one can readily im- 

 agine that the ruddy hue of the apple 

 is in a measure imparted to the com- 

 plexion of the eater. The preponder- 

 ance of base-forming elements in apples 

 tend to neutralize the harmful effects of 

 our ordinary American diet of too 

 much meat and denatured cereals. The 

 acids of the apples diminish the ex- 

 cess acidity of the stomach and puri- 

 fies the blood. Their plentiful use will 

 add to our happiness and length of 

 days by aiding in the elimination of 

 impurities from the system and 

 strengthening the digestive processes. 



When we consider that the skin and 

 cores of apples are anything but di- 

 gestable, we recognize that it is really 

 the juice — some ninety per cent of the 

 whole — that contains the valuable ele- 

 ments for which apples are justly 

 famed. Pressing out the juice does not 

 lessen the value or change the essence, 

 but merely alters the form. Therefore, 

 whatever food and medicinal properties 

 may be ascribed to apples are likewise 

 contained in pure, sweet cider. Fur- 

 thermore, the chemistry of nature takes 

 the raw juice and by the process of 

 fermentation and clarification renders 

 it highly agreeable to the palate and 



even more effective as a tonic. All the 

 mineral salts of the apple and all its 

 esters and other desirable bodies are 

 carried over into the cider, as will be 

 attested by any chemist who takes the 

 trouble to investigate. 



Eminent physicians throughout the 

 civilized world acknowledge the hy- 

 gienic properties of cider and recom- 

 mend it for quite a series of diseases 

 such as indigestion, rheumatism, kidney 

 trouble, stone, gravel and gout. As a 

 preventive and cure for various gastric 

 ills, cider is unsurpassed. Its whole- 

 someness as a beverage and effective- 

 ness as a remedial agent is championed 

 by many of the most distinguished 

 physicians and scientists of Europe and 

 America. 



The objection of some that the use 

 of cider may create an appetite for 

 strong drink does not seem to be borne 

 out by the facts. Few drinking men 

 care anything for sweet cider; to many 

 of them it is positively distasteful. On 

 the other hand, nearly everyone who 

 has no appetite for liquor is fond of 

 good cider. This is especially the case 

 with children. Ginger ale, coffee or 

 tobacco are more likely to create an 

 appetitie for liquor than cider, as they 

 are stimulants. 



While the juice of the apple is con- 

 verted first into cider, its usefulness as 

 a food product increases as the cider is 

 made into cider vinegar, apple syrup, 

 boiled cider, cider jelly and, last but 

 not least, apple butter. The pomace, 

 which is rich in pectin, is also used 

 very satisfactorily for jelly stock. In 

 many places it is being used with splen- 

 did results as feed for cattle, hogs and 

 sheep. 



The market for good cider and cider 

 products is far greater than the supply 

 and the business off'ers unusual attrac- 

 tions. Wherever apples are grown 

 great quantities of small, unmarketable 

 fruit go to waste annually. These 

 under-grade apples represent a valu- 

 able asset of good food as well as an 

 excellent source of profit to the grower 

 when properly utilized. An average of 

 over four gallons of cider can be easily 

 obtained from each bushel of these 

 waste apples by the use of a modern 

 hydraulic cider press. The investment 

 required is not large and the upkeep is 

 nominal. The pressing season comes 

 at a time when farm work is usually 

 not urgent. Very little mechanical 

 knowledge is required for successful 

 operating. There is undoubtedly room 

 for a great many more cider mills 

 throughout the apple-growing sections 

 of our country. 



Especially this year, the apple grower 

 who permits fruit to lie on the ground 

 and rot is not only losing good money 

 for himself, but is wasting a much- 

 needed food right at a time when great 

 numbers of the world's population are 

 actually starving. Gather up all your 

 waste and surplus apples, take them to 

 a modern hydraulic cider mill and 

 make available just that much more 

 good food. Besides the enjoyment of 



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