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That the nunher of jars of fruits and vegetables preserved in Massachu- 

 setts last season is estimated at 61,00C',000? The total value is about ^9,764,000 

 or 900,000,000 ration points. 



That peach and apricot pits may be transformed into charcoal which is 

 very satisfactory for use in gas masks? Extensive tests of this material have 

 recently been i.iade in Oregon. 



That the Delicious apple is probably the most important variety in the 

 United States? This variety occupies more acres than any otlier and is more v;ide- 

 ly distributed. Its comi-ianding position is due in part to high quality and to 

 the publicity it has received. 



That the total business of the 900 fruit and vegetable cooperatives in 

 the United States last year amounted to 325,000,000 dollars? This year's total 

 tonnage, packed largely for military and lend-lease purposes, will be much larger. 



That the yield of pecans from wild or seedling trees in the United States 

 exceeds that from trees of improved varieties? iiore than 56,000,000 pounds of 

 pecans were harvested from the v/ild or seedling trees last year while less than 

 48,000,.000 pounds vj^ere harvested from trees of improved varieties. 



That approximately 2,000,000 bushels of Fancy or higher grade apples in 

 Vfashington and Oregon have been ordered set aside by the \'iFA to meet the require- 

 ments of the armed Services for fresh apples? The regulations require all per- 

 sons who own (on or after November 6) 500 bushels or more of apples grown and 

 located in either of the tv.'o states, which meet the respective state standards 

 for Fancy or higher grades, to set aside 15 percent of each variety of these 

 apples for purchase by the armed services or any other governmental agency spec- 

 ified in the order. 



That British scientists i/orking on the fruits of the Rugosa Rose, which 

 is used in that country as a hedge plant, have found it to be even higher in 

 Vitamin C than oranges? As a result they are using it to make marraalades and 

 vitamin concentrates to fortify the lack of these elements in wartime diets* 



A. Li. Davis 



That the Plov?eringquince, sometimes called Mexican Firebush, and more 

 conimonly referred to as Cydonia japonica (now correctly Chaenomeles japonica) , 

 produces occasional fruits which are not altogether satisfactory for flavoring, 

 but will make a good jelly? A mixture of the fruits of the Japanese 'quince, 

 sOjCalled, and either our native apples or some other fruit such as some of the 

 flowering crabapple fruits, produces a d elicately flavored and delightfully 

 colored jelly. __.;^. h. pavis 



