In England the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies has been conducting 

 a very successful campaign throughout the country in national economy. Patriotic 

 housekeeping and child welfare exhibitions have been organized in many towns, at 

 which lectures have been given by experts on the best use of food, the use of money, 

 civic wealth, etc., and exhibits have been shown of fuel economizers, economical cooking 

 utensils (such as hay-box cookers) , simplified furniture and all sorts of labour-saving 

 devices. 



A model patriotic housekeeping exhibition was held at the N.U. Shop in London 

 in November and December, which was very much appreciated. The kitchen was 

 literally packed during the demonstrations, and visitors came from Leeds, Devon, 

 Carlisle and Hants, and many, not connected with the N.U., stated that the infor- 

 mation given by the exhibition was exactly what they needed for thrift campaigns 

 contemplated by themselves at home. 



WHAT KIND OF APPLES TO BUY 

 POINTERS FOR THE CONSUMER 



D. JOHNSON, Fruit Commissioner, Ottawa. 



Do not buy the Ben Davis for use in the fall nor the Ribston Pippin late in the 

 winter. Such errors have done much to turn the public from a most delicious food. 



Like the gardener who plants flowers to give a succession of bloom from early 

 spring till late fall, our apples should be chosen to give us the best quality, both for 

 dessert and cooking, from fall until the spring. 



The average consumer appears to think that there are only one or two high grade 

 varieties of apples produced in Canada. He has heard of the Spy, the Mcintosh Red 

 and the Fameuse, and thinks he must have these, no matter how much he has to pay for 

 them, whereas other apples, quite as good in quality, are practically unknown. The 

 Spy is undoubtedly an apple of fine flavour and texture, but, like other apples, it has 

 its season and itfs off-season. In the early part of the year, say the latter part of August 

 and the first of September, the Yellow Transparent, Autumn Strawberry, Gravenstein 

 and St. Lawrence are just as much to be desired as the Spy during the winter months. 

 In September the Spy will not compare with such varieties as the Ribston Pippin, a 

 medium sized, streaked apple of most delicious acid flavour, a splendid cooker, and 

 particularly delightful when baked and served with cream; but it, too, has its season 

 and, if kept too late in October, it grows mealy and is not a desirable apple to buy. 

 Other apples that may be purchased at this time with the assurance of getting something 

 equal in quality to the Spy, are Wealthy, Fall Pippin and Blenheim Orange. These are 

 succeeded in the latter part of October and in November by such varieties as the King, 

 an apple well known to all commercial fruit dealers as being unusually beautiful, large 

 in size, red in colour, full of juice and of a flavour unexcelled by any other apple produced 

 on the Continent. The King is a difficult apple to grow as the tree is not productive, 

 and on that account is it not as well known to the public as it should be, but I should 

 consider my supply of apples incomplete without a good quantity of Kings each year. 

 But the King has not the monopoly of fine flavour for this season. The R.I. Greening 

 is then at its prime. This variety is so well known that it is unnecessary to enlarge 

 upon its qualities. It is one of our best dessert and cooking apples and, as it is pro- 

 duced in large quantities in the various provinces, it is usually sold at a low price in 

 comparison with some of the more showy apples. I have often thought that if the 

 Greening had the colour of the Spy, it would displace it in public favour, and it is my 

 conviction that no household should be without a good supply of this variety at the 

 beginning of the winter. It holds its flavour and keeps well on into the winter. 



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