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That 10 years of investigations ot the Fruit Products Laboratory of the 

 University of California have resulted in the perfection of formulas for fruit 

 candies not only pleasing to the taste but high in dietary value? According 

 to ViT. V. Cruess, these candies offer an outlet for surplus prunes, peaches, 

 pears, figs, raisins, and apricots. Fruit candy formulas are prir.ted in 

 Circular 10 of the California College of Agriculture in Berkeley. 



That Ontario vromen are being organized to do farm labor by the Farm Ser- 

 vice Force in conjunction with the Ontario Department of Labor? They are 

 needed for three kinds of work: (1) on fruit and vegetable farms; (2) in 

 fruit pickers' camps — as camp mothers, cooks and assistants; (3) in canneries 

 and packing houses. 



That a ladder with a novel joint action so it can be used as either a 

 step ladder or a straight ladder has been invented? This ladder comes in 

 five sizes, is very rigid and should be useful both for pruning and harvesting. 



That a colloid mill process being tested by the N.Y. Agr. Exp. Sta. in 

 the making of fruit juices ^.Ives additional nutritional qualities to the juice 

 and also strengthens its flavor? The mill may be used on vegetables as well 

 as fruits. Grinding of the cores, skins, fibers and other parts releases 

 concentrated food values not obtained by usual processes. 



That the oeople of Ireland, in spite of nearness to the European V.'ar 

 retain their sense of Jp-u:":ior? T. L. Doran of the Dept. of Botany, sends us 

 this clipping fro:u the Meath Chronicle and V est Heath Herald published in 

 Cavan, Ireland. Quoting from a column called A Fly Round Cavan, "A funeral 

 was seen passing through Bailioboro at half past tv.'elx-^e on Sunday night: 

 four men dressed in white were carrying the coffin: there was no lid on the 

 coffin, and the corpse was sitting up and he was singing to the top of his 

 voice: 'Eat More Fruit.'" 



That an orchard sprayer of an entirely new tj'pe is being tested in a 

 Maryland orchard? A. ?. Vierheller, Extension Horticulturist, writes, "The 

 machine consists of a large steel cylinder, hauled horizontally as a trailer 

 back of a tractor. The cylinder houses the spray tank, motor, large air 

 propeller, f.nd a system of nozzles. The liquid is fed to the nozzles at 

 40 pounds of pressure and is blown into the trees with great force by the 

 propeller which makes a driving mist. An operator located in the cylinder 

 controls the amount of spray and the speed of the propeller." 



That the presence of very small quantities of a given element in leaves 

 may be detected by means of a spectroscope? In recent experiments with grape 

 leaves the boron content of leaf samples from treated and untreated vines of 

 several varieties was determined by this raothod. These analyses are in very 

 close agreement v;ith the observed deficiency symptoms. The Ontario variety 

 which seems to be very susceptible to the deficiency, shovred a much higher 

 boron level in both treated and untreated vines than the other varieties. 



That apple ice cream is a recent addition to the list of delectable apple 

 products? 0. C. Roberts submits this recipe which he recommends: 3 qts. 20$^ 

 cream, 24 whole eggs, 5f- lbs granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 5 lbs. whole 

 apples. Hix all ingredients except apples and cook in a double boiler or 



