lieve the serious situation which has developed in the Canadian apple industry 

 which normally exports around 6,500,000 bushels (4u per cent) of the comiriercial 

 apple crop to overseas markets. 



Apples for Infants . "Fruit in the Young Child's Diet" is the title of an arti- 

 cle in the October issue of "Parents' Magazine" which brings the story of the 

 health and therapeutic values of apples and btinaiias to the 475,000 homes which 

 receive this magazine. The article deals with the minertil and vitamin values 

 of apples und recommends scraped rav/ apples for infants. 



Plenty of Oranges in Florida . The indicated production of all oranges in Florida 

 for the 1939-4U season is the largest on record fur that State. But the pros- 

 pective crop of California Navels i^nd miscellaneous varieties is 2 percent be- 

 low the 10-year (1923-37) average production t^nd is 16 percent smaller tnan the 

 crop of last season. Bec-iuse of the delayed start of harvest in Florida und 

 Texas and the smaller suppli^iS of Oaliforniu surnmur v-:,rieties avail^bla this 

 fall, market prices of citrus fruits have risen soraowhc-t in recent vveoks. The 

 averages in raid-October were well above those of t. year e-.rlier. California 

 Valencia oranges were almost $1.00 pur box higher thr^n in mid-October 1938. 

 Florida oranges were 75 to 90 cents per box higher than in October, 1938. 



Competition Betv;oen Apples -,nd Other Fruits c'.t Retail in Nev; York City . A pre- 

 liminary report is now avails-ble of a detailed study of this subject by M. P. 

 Rasmussen and F. A. Quitslund. Any reader of Fruit Notes who would like to 

 examine this report may have that privilege by dropping £i postcard to the writer. 

 Among other things the report shov/s the annual sale of various fruits through 

 fruit and vegetable stores in Nevi/ York City c.s foxlows; iCach figure represents 

 a thous.uid pounds. Apples 50.8, B.-xnan.-.s 19.4, Oranges 59.4, Grapefruit 28.9, 

 Pears 15.5. 



Drinking Up the Surplus Fruit . In .. recent issue of "Better Fruit" tnere ^.p- 

 pears an account of the experiences of u. L. dmith, a fruit grower in Rock Is- 

 lund, Illinois, in producing more th:^n 10,000 gallons of cider p^r season. 

 Imcigine "Fresh, sweet, ice-cold apple juice in gl^ss-lined tc-nks, without 

 preservative." Mr. omitn has installed the very latest in cider making equipment. 

 The fresh apple juice is run tarough a centrifuge at the rate of 150 gallons per 

 hour to remove the bulk of the coloidal material. It is tnen flashed for 20 

 seconds at 180 by passing through 70 feet of half -inch tubing vjith temperature 

 automatically controlled. The manufacture and sale cf fruit products at this 

 plant offers a real contrast to the ordinary farm cider mill. The above story 

 will be loaned to anyone interested. 



An Experiment w it h Color Stimulating Materials . In a recent issue of "Science 

 News Letter" r>:ifc;rence is made to the work of two itoLirican chendsts who are look- 

 ing for a cneirdcal that will stimulate formation of the color pi^^ment in apple«i. 

 According to the report these men have discovered several compounds involving 

 the thiocyanate ion which not only tend to intensify the color of naturalxy red 

 apples but also induce a slight blush on yellow apples like Grimes Golden, 

 which normally have little or no red color. Orchard spraying tests have been 

 under v/ay for 4 years. 



