Caiinell & Sons’ Complete Seed Gnide. 
LIST OF FRUIT TREES, Post Free on application. 
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THE VALUE OF APPLES AS FOOD. 
Tliere is probably a good dietetic reason underlying our acce 2 >tcd use of 
apples, or apple sauce, with pork, rich goose, Yorkshire pasty, mincemeat, 
and similar dishes. Apples have excellent medical qualities. Chemically, 
the apple is composed of vegetable fibre, albumen, sugar, gum, chlorophyl, 
mallic acid, gallic acid, lime, and much water. F'urthermorc, the German 
analysts say that the aiiplc contains a larger percentage of phosphorus than 
any other fruit or vegetable. The phosphorus is admirably adapted for 
renewing the essential nervous matter, lecithin, of the brain and spinal cord. 
It i.«, ])erhnps for the same reason, rudely understood that the old Scandi- 
navian traditions represent the apple as the food of the gods, who, when they 
felt themselves to be growing feeble and inOrm, resort to this fruit for 
renewing their powers of mind and body. The acids of the apple are of 
signal use to men of sedentary habits, whose livers are sluggish in action, 
those acids serving to eliminate from the body noxious matters, which, if 
retained, wonld make the brain heavy and dull, or bring about jaundice or 
skin crujitions or similar troubles. The mallic acid of ri^ic apples (either 
raw or cooked) will neutralise any excess of chalky matter engendered by 
eating too much meat. It is also a fact that such fresh fruits as the apple, 
the pear, and the plum, when taken ripe and without sugar, diminish aciditv 
in the stomach rather than provoke it. Their vegetable sauces and juices 
arc converted into alkaline carbonates, which tend to counteract acidity. 
DAILY CHRONICLE. 
Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, Swnnley. had a large exhibition of 
fruit in the main building, illustrating unmistakably Kentish culture, 
proved very interesting. Silver Medal was awarded. 
DAILY GRAPHIC. 
Messrs. Cannell showed an admirable and complete collection 
of apples and other fruit, the whole showing unmistakable evidence 
of the superior culture of Kentish gardens. 
THE GARDEN.— Septemier 30t/i, 1893. 
Messrs. Cannell and Sotis, Swanley, occupied a large space showing 
a collection of apples. The best dishes were Colonel Vaughan, 
Scarlet Nonpareil, Cox's Orange, Queen Caroline, Emperor Alexander, 
King of the Pippins, and some seedlings of great merit. Silver 
Knightian Medal. 
THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE.— &pte«iier 30(/i, 1893. 
Messrs. H. Cannell and Sons, Swanley and Eynsford, exhibited a 
large collection of apples which showed how well suited their nurseries 
at Eynsford are for these fruits. The e.xamples were throughout above 
the average in size and very highly coloured. The Council awarded 
it a Silver Knightian Medal. (Royal Horticultural Society’s Show.) 
Messrs. Cannell had an excellent collection of fruit. (Earl’s 
Court Show.) 
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