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and the apple suet pudding, which should find a place on our menu 

 oftener than it does during the cold weather. Puddings made of corn- 

 meal and apples, rice, tapioca, or sago and apples, with various flavor- 

 ings, are exceedingly nutritious and at the same time inexpensive. 



As for cakes, we have the well-known Dutch apple cake; also the 

 farmers' fruit cake, which has for one of its main ingredients, dried 

 apples, and is a good substitute for the more expensive fruit cake. 



A preparation of grated apples, egg, and flavoring makes a most 

 delicious filling for layer cakes. With apples, a splendid short cake can 

 also be made. It is only of late years that the apple has been used to 

 any extent in the making of salads ; combined with nuts and celery in 

 various proportions and served with the usual dressings, it has become 

 very popular. 



With this brief outline and considering the occasion, further detail is 

 deemed unnecessary. Suffice it to say, however, that the various recipes 

 for this fruit are so numerous that it could appear on our menu in a 

 new form each day throughout the year. (Applause.) 



PRESIDENT JEFFREY. Is there any discussion at this time on 

 Mrs. Rodgers' paper? 



MR. DARGITZ. Mr. Chairman, just one word. As a physician. I 

 used to wonder just what made people say that apples were golden in the 

 morning, silver at noon and lead at night. It has been my practice all 

 my life, when I could get good apples, to eat two or three apples every 

 night before I went to bed, and they never hurt me. You can look at 

 me if you want proof. 



PRESIDENT JEFFREY. Now, we have apples in southern Cali- 

 fornia. Perhaps some of you are not aware that we have one of the 

 largest orchards in the State there. We will hear from Mr. Frederick 

 Maskew. the Assistant Superintendent of the State Insectary, who is 

 next on the program with a paper on "The Apple in Southern Cali- 

 fornia. ' ' (Applause. ) 



THE APPLE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 



By Frederick Maskew, Long Beach. 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: As the program sets forth, I 

 am to talk to you about the apple in southern California. To the best 

 of my knowledge and individual experience, the apple proceeds along 

 about the same lines in the direction of its final resting place in south- 

 ern California as elsewhere, to wit : pies, sauces, dumplings, dessert, and 

 many other of those delectable delicacies that Mrs. Rodgers has just 

 told you about. 



Southern Calif ornians may "be orange growers, but they are apple 

 eaters, and possess in a marked degree that fondness for good apples 

 which is characteristic of the entire American people. I am telling this 

 for the benefit of the visitors who are present. The apple growers of 

 this valley, judging from the amount of fruit they send down each sea- 

 son, know that their apples meet with the same royal reception in south- 

 ern California as elsewhere. 



What I had in mind when I prepared this paper was the apple 

 orchards of Los Angeles County. Of these, their history and behavior, 



