SOME PLANTS WHICH ARE 
BEGGING FOR 
IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENT 
A RouGH SURVEY OF 
THE POSSIBILITIES 
of your fruits,” wrote a chemist to Mr. Burbank, 
“and I find that pectic acid, which is so apt to 
play havoc with the human digestive tract, and 
which accounts for the inability of many people 
to enjoy raw fruit, is almost entirely absent.” 
“Tt must be, then, that I don’t like pectic acid,” 
commented Mr. Burbank as he read the letter. 
“It never occurred to me to give the matter of 
its elimination a thought; so, the only way I can 
account for the lack of it is that, as I have selected 
my fruits by tasting, I have preferred those which 
were low in this content.” 
* * * * * 
| HAVE finished making an analysis of a number 
It would be no small achievement to rebuild 
our fruits and grains and vegetables to fit the 
finnicky stomachs which sedentary occupations 
[| VoLuME I—Cnapter VIII] 
