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DISCUSSION 



Quest. Does cooking the apple add to its value? 



Miss Maddoeks : It does not change its composition. 

 Does not change the actual food value of the apple except 

 as its availability is changed. 



Quest. Should apples be eaten at the beginning or at 

 the end of a meal ? 



It makes very little difference, providing the consumer 

 is well. Fruit eaten alone is always of more value than 

 when taken with other food. 



Quest. Is anything beside water lost in drying apples? 



Very little. 



Quest. Is there any difference in the value of the dif- 

 ferent varieties? 



There has not been enough experimental work with 

 apples to determine that accurately. 



Quest. Is it a good plan to eat four apples a day? 



In any concentrated diet apples form an ideal food. 



Quest. Should apples be eaten in the morning or at 

 night ? 



Perhaps better at night, because immediateh^ after 

 mating them there will be no added food. 



]\Ir. Wheeler. It is about time we started out on a cam- 

 paign of educating people to eat our fruit. We must do 

 this if we are to grow enough apples in New England to 

 amount to anything. We are allowing the other parts of 

 the country to get ahead of us in the production of fruit 

 and we must create a market by creating a greater demand 

 and we should have more lectures of this sort and invite 

 the public in. It is for our interest to start this kind of a 

 campaign in New England. 



Quest. Is there any limit to the number of apples that 

 a person might eat 'in a day ? 



That is a hard question. 



Quest. Does pastry have any evil effect on the con- 

 sumer ? 



I claim that apple pie and cheese is an ideal food to be 

 taken after a light meal. 



Quest. Is it better to eat apples after a meal or before? 



You can eat more before than after a meal. If you eat 

 apples instead of potatoes, you have less appetite for po- 

 tatoes and your apples have done you as much good. 



