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Mr. Burbank had not consciously striven to 

 eliminate the pectic acid; he had even added it 

 freely in his wedding of wild plums and apples 

 to some of the cultivated varieties; yet his prin- 

 ciples of gustatory selection brought into being, 

 after the lapse of some years, reformed fruits 

 fitting the finicky stomachs which sedentary 

 occupations are giving us. 



Such improved fruits anybody can eat as 

 freely as our simian cousins eat the hundreds of 

 varieties of wild oranges in the Brazilian forests. 



Among humans, oranges and apples have 

 been found the best remedy for the widely 

 prevalent acidosis, and it has been scientifically 

 demonstrated that, next to milk, the juice of 

 sweet oranges is the best food for infants and 

 children. Even Doctor Porter admits that fruit 

 taken without other food is all right — a hint to 

 the many who are at present wondering what 

 they should buy for their office lunches. With a 

 few nuts thrown in, fruit makes a complete meal. 



