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be embodied in eook books for use in cooking schools and tho 

 home. For arthritic and gouty subjects it works wonders, 

 especially certain varieties, by eliminating "uric acid from 

 the system. New cider produces beneiicial results on the 

 liver preventing self poisoning with all its far reaching re- 

 sults. "An apple a day keeps the Doctor away" is no myth. 



Ways should be devised for placing in every home appb: 

 recipe books containing not only well proven methods of pre- 

 paring the apple for domestic use but also new combinations 

 which could readily be olUained by offering prizes through 

 Fruit Growers' Associatons or Ap])le Cooking clubs. They 

 should also describe the peculiar characteristics and relative 

 values of the different varieties of apples, the season of the 

 year when each variety is in best condition for use. how to 

 care for them and any other information that would be con- 

 ducive to a more extended use of the fruit. A book of this 

 kind should be placed in every barrel of apples sold, with the 

 producer's and packer's name. Other ways could be easily 

 devised by the individual or collective initiative of produ- 

 cers. 



There are more important factors with some, however. 

 than recipe books as evidenced by a letter received last fall 

 Avhile an organization with which I am connected was en- 

 deavoring to distribute Apple literature in connection with 

 the State Board of Agriculture and Chamber of Commerce 

 Avhen some 5.000 books were called for. The following 

 shows what some consumers most desire. 



"Gentlemen: In this morning's Herald I see an article 

 relative to the consumption of apples and a cook-book with 

 many recipes for their use. I would like to relieve my mind 

 of a few words on the apple question and perhaps you ar^- 

 as easy victims as any. 



Within fifteen miles of here farmers are giving apples 

 to anyone who will take them from the trees and carry them 

 away. If we were recently arrived immigrants, probably 

 my husband wcfuld take a sack out to the region, and when 

 filled, lug it home on his back ; perhaps I might go with him 



