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Show EAT APPLES FOR HEALTH SAYS COUNTY AGENT National apple week for 1947 is October 25 to Saturday, November Novem-ber 1st. We can best celebrate this week by eating more apples. Apples offer more variety in ways of using than any other fruit we have, reports Jeniev J. Poulson, home demonstration agent. . In the dessert field apples know no end. They can be eaten fresh, out of hand, or used in salads, or with cereals in fresh form. They can be served as baked apples or apple cobbler, as fried apples, apple pudding, apple butter and apple . jellies. , The nutritional . . and ; medical value of apples haye been proven., Dr. H. T. Knighton stated in a report , to the . American Dental Association: "Chewing apples eli j minated 96.7N of the bacteria,; while sliced orange and parafin! tied . for second place with 95 ' rating. Three minutes of too.th ' brushing plus a mouth rinsing was a poor seventh, bagging only 65.3 of the microbes. Apples contain calcium and phosphorus, the teeth and bone building minerals. So give the children plenty of apples. Three large, unpeeled apples of some varieties may provide the day's supply of vitamins. You will need six of the same size if the skins are removed. Utahns can have apples practically prac-tically the year round. The Rome Beauty, will last until April, and the Winesap, Arkansas Black, and Cano will be in season until May. The Astrachon and Yellow. Transparent Trans-parent come into season in July. There are many other delicious varieties between these dates. For recipes and best uses for the different varieties, contact your home demonstration agents. |