Show banana Is 13 germproof germ proof with the iho increasing demaud for fresh froats tit itt ill all of the year has come coma tho the difficulty of 0 supplying yink them in ft condition in which the dangers dangora of coo con lamination tamI nation tro largely averted decay is I 1 is one of the H biting factors la in tile aeo so of fresh faults among tha chri many fruits there is one which is ia equipped in in itra it native forin with a protective coveting that colls calls for more than passing raen mention tion some lime timo ago tho the journal of the american medical association en ampha iphil dazed the afforded by the banana ns as a wholesome food and von ven lured the suggestion twit that this fruit though growing in popularity iu is still underestimated in Amo american rican huus the banana consists con lit in its green santi largely of starch and 1 ahe essen bial change inga during the process ut of ripen apon ink ing Is ia a conversion of tho the starch into sugar augar tile the ritto of ripening Is ia dependent orf on the bo t the edible portion of each anoh fruit is packed away in it peel which serves a moi e darful than has hitherto been realized exper imenes on tho f fruit lit in dif different forent stages show that the tha inner portions of the pulp pull 0 of bound bananas are practically sterile the peel is singularly resi resistant stint to invasion by bit burtena buc tena eforia even when balamis were w ere in faulds containing dia oribe gorma germs they did not penetrate pene into tho the interior tho the proba probability of intel intec tion through tho the peel Is therefore slight though germs germa en cn the ilia peel might bo be iran forred to the tha consumers consume rB lingers and thence to the mouth thi this s is nn an interesting lit to resting example of n food delivered by nature in practically sterile packages natures rols who wholes lesmo me service iab should no be boun undone dono by careless ca reles 4 methods 1 ot marketing such buell foods A |