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1. Demonstrate how to can the various kinds of local 

 fruits by use of the cold pack method. 



2. Demonstrate and explain the use of other methods 

 of canning fruits, and of glass and tin containers for the 

 canning of surplus fruits of the garden and orchard. 



3. The proper method of scalding, blanching, paring, 

 coring, stemming, hulling and seeding of various kinds of 

 fruits. 



4. Show how to grade and crate the various kinds of 

 fruits for the market, and the use of parcel-post packs. 

 Show how to prepare exhibits of fruit for fairs, club fes- 

 tivals, educational meetings, etc. 



5. Fruit Play Contests 



Among the most interesting play contests in connection 

 with the agricultural and home economic work of the school 

 are the fruit play contests. These contests will not only 

 serve to create interest in the study, but will actually teach 

 valuable lessons on how to do the important things related 

 to the project. 



1. Fruit judging contest. 



2. Paring, seeding and stemming contests. 



3. Oral recipe giving contest. 



4. Fruit pie guessing games. 



5. Spelling contest, in which the fruit terms, names 

 and related interests are used. 



6. Apple coring and paring contest. This is especially 

 valuable in teaching skill in the handling of knives, and in 

 encouraging practise in rapid paring and coring without 

 too much loss of food material. 



7. Apple or fruit races. These can be conducted very 

 much on the same plan as potato and egg races, which are 

 known to all. 



