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Show , ... TESTS FOR FRUITS WEIGHT AND FRAGRANCE ARE THE TWO REQUISITES. Points It Would Be Well for the Housewife to Remember Weight Is Also a Consideration of Merit. Many housewives who can tell at a glnnco what is a tender, Juicy cut of heet nnd what WpWL XTV ' ot who enn de-XyTn)jfry'V de-XyTn)jfry'V tect tho hardened LjMffijCXp old barn-yard vet-jmFTjFr vet-jmFTjFr oran 'n what fhe fKei butcher calls a Sra?Sf &M3ji roa8t,nS 'owl. fall pRrtfJpi In another Import- vtffjjkr v ant branch or ' marketing. Thoy aro notoriously bad choosers or rrult. BerrloB which looked woll chough on tho mnrkot stall provo stale and slimy at tho dinner or breakrast table. Melons and cucumbers, outwardly delicious de-licious when opened prove to be whlted sepulchres. Oranges and grapo rrult aro frequently overripe and peaches green. The wIbo solection of rrult Is both an art and a matter or experience, not to bo mastered In a Blnglo day. On tho other hand thore nro ninny llttlo points which, it Observed, not only mako tho chances hotter of obtaining whnt ono wants, but which train tho beginner to distinguish goqd from bad.. Tho two prime teats aro weight nnd tragranco, Itlpo fruit has a fresh, ripe odor which Is easily recognized when attention is brought to bear on It. Her-rloB, Her-rloB, for example, loso this sweet aroma aro-ma on growing Btnlo, and any that aro found to bo without It Bhould bo ro-carded ro-carded with suspicion. Ripo peaches, oranges, lomons. pears, cantaloupes, etc., aro also subtly rragrant. Weight In nnothor excellent test. This applies to tho various kinds ot melons to grapo fruit and oranges. It light, bowaro or thorn. They nro elthor unripe nnd pithy or dry nnd Julcoless. Melons Bhould bo heavy and not spongy. Tho latter moans that they aro stalo or overripe. Cucumbers (which bo many shoppers fall In buying) buy-ing) aro nover at their best, seldom ! odlblo in fact, If tho rind yloldB llko a spongo to tho pressure or tho fin-gorB. fin-gorB. In selecting musk melons tho sweetest sweet-est ones havo a roughlsh rind. Tho Btnooth Btreaks which divide the akin into sections should bo yellowish, not too green, to got tho right degreo ot ' ripeness. Green strenks nro a sign of under-ripe cantaloupes. |