TALK ABOUT APPLES. 



ably the city of Quebec and vicinity and ail 

 points in Manitoba and the Northwest. 



It is hoped that every effort will be made 

 by this association to urge upon the express 

 companies the necessity of a general revision 

 of rates with a view of affording some relief 

 to the shipper. We believe that such action 

 will at once result in a substantial increase 

 of the business of the companies as well as 

 giving satisfaction to the individual fruit 

 grower. 



TRAXSPORTATIOX BY FREIGHT. 



1. The supply of suitable well-ventilated 

 cars for the carriage of fruit shipment by 

 freight is very inadequate. A large increase 

 in the number of suitable care for this pur- 

 pose is urgently needed. 



2. A better system of handling local ship- 

 ments and more prompt delivery is daily be- 



coming more necessary. The volume of 

 trade is now sufficient to justify the railroad 

 companies devoting special attention to giv- 

 ing this commodity special despatch in local 

 car loads as well as car loads. 



3. It is again pointed out that a minimum 

 of 24,000 lbs. of fruit in an ordinary car is 

 altogether too great. This should never ex- 

 ceed 20,000 Ibe., and it would be much better 

 if only 18,000 lbs. as obtained in many of the 

 fruit sections in the United States. 



4, All classes of mixed fruits in baskets 

 or boxes should be carried in car lots at the 

 fourth class rate. 



Apples and pears in barrels, which are 

 now fifth class in car loads, should be put in 

 class 8, which certainly carries as high a rate 

 as apples. Shipments will stand leaving any 

 margin whatever for the shippers. 



TALK ABOUT APPLES. 



THE old Scandinavian traditions repre- 

 sent the apple as the food of the gods, 

 who, when they felt themselves to be grow- 

 ing old and feeble and infirm, resorted to 

 this fruit for renewing their powers of mind 

 and body, says the Chicago Record-Herald. 

 The acids of the apple are also of signal use 

 for men of sedentary habits whose livers are 

 sluggish in action. These acids serve to 

 eliminate from the body noxious matter, 

 which, if retained, would make the brain 

 heavy and dull or bring about jaundice or 

 skin eruptions and other allied troubles. 



The ancient practice of taking apple sauce 

 with roast pork, rich goose and like dishes 

 is based on scientific reasons. The malic 

 acid of ripe apples, either raw or cooked, 

 will neutralize any excess of fatty matter 

 engendered by eating too much meat. Fresh 



fruits, such i.s the apple, the pear and the 

 plum, when taken ripe and without sugar, 

 diminish acidity in the stomach rather than 

 provoke it. Their vegetable salts and juices 

 are converted into alkaline carbonates, which 

 tend to counteract acidity. 



A good, ripe, raw apple is one of the eas- 

 iest of vegetable substances for the stomach 

 to deal with, the whole process of its diges- 

 tion being completed in 85 minutes. Be- 

 sides these medicinal qualities of the apple, 

 it has great virtue for local applications. 

 The paring of an apple cut somewhat thick 

 is an ancient remedy for inflamed eyes, be- 

 ing tied on at night when the patient goes 

 to bed. In France a common remedy for 

 inflamed eves is an apple poultice, the apple 

 being roasted and its pulp applied over the 

 eyes without any intervening substance. 



