butterscotch pudding and rice pudding. Prunes and ither dried fruits, the 

 army release says, are still popular in spite oi the stories told by veterans 

 of the other Vi'orld V;"ar, 



That the edible portion of an apple is in rea.Vity "a fleshy stem"? 

 The pineapple, however, is the crovraing achievement in ■•h'- development of a 

 fruit. The central core, v;hich is commonly remtJved, is -u.ilogous to tlie trunk 

 of a tree. The segments v»'hich radiate from this centrul c ore are analogous to 

 side branches of a tree and on these branches are borne , :t flowers or "eyes" 

 Vv-hich are also coniiaonly removed v;hen the pineapple is prepared for the table. 

 And so, were one to eat an entire pineapple, he .aight ver;. properly put forth 

 the claim that he devoured a treei 



That in driving anautomobile 1,000 miles, the difference in oil, 

 gasoline, tire, and maintenance cost between 35 and 55 miles an hour is at 

 least Cl2.? These figures are offered by a California automobile club. 



That tlie ort^nge crop of the United States in 1941 was 84,414,000 

 boxes compared to 84,082,000 boxes in 1940. The grapefruit crops for the two 

 years were 41,440,000 and 43,033,000 boxes, respectively. The lemon crops 

 were 14,220,000 and 17,099,000 boxes, respectively. 



That a group of apple growers in the V-enatchee Valley in V^'ashington 

 have formed a cooperative ufiit to buy and operate a brush shredder. This 

 machine, equipped v/it?i a 90 K. P. motor is scneduled to arrive early in Feb- 

 ruary. Under the AAA, the government pays i.3. a ton for shredded brush left 

 in the orchard. Originators of the unit believe this payment v/ill almost pay 

 for the operation of the machine aside from the advantage of adding humus to 

 the orchard soil. 



That the Dor sett variety of strawberry is a cross betv/een the Howard 

 17 (Premier) and an English variety, the Royal Sovereign? 



That a sawdust mulch is provin^, an excellent mulch material for 

 blueberry plants? In one experiment blueberries grew ten ti.nes as much under 

 a sav;dust mulch as under no mulch, and tv/ice as much under sawdust as under 

 a strav/ or hay mulch. This report from the ^Werican Fruit Grovaer indicates 

 these values of mulching: Improved moisture conditions, lower and more uniform 

 soil te;riperatures, and no cultivation to disturb the shallow rioted blueberry 

 plants. 



That 5 a;>ples of the Steele's Red variety received Y.hat is believed 

 to be the highest price ever paid for apples at an auction sale conducted by 

 the Michigan Horticultural Society? The sv.'eepstakes plate brought v51. or 

 $10,20 for each apple. 



That a bas^'et of fruit may nov be deliver';-d alm^^st an^iA/here in the 

 U, S. by telegraph? Adopting the system commonly used by florists, a tele- 

 graphic agency now has ab^ut 1,000 members scattered over the country v/ho are 

 supplied with high quality apples f-^r prTapt delivery. 



That green wo-d has '^nly 6Z% as much fuel value as the same wood 

 seasoned 12 months? V/ood seas-^ned 3 months has a fuel value of 85;^, o m-^nths, 

 90^;, and 9 months, 95^b of that seas-^ned 12 m-^nths. 



