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Show ISHOPPER'Sl CORNER By DOROTHY BARCLAY LIQUID SUNSHINE TF winter comes, can colds and flu and dreary, dark days be far behind? Then comes the clamor for citrus fruits, nature's own well-timed well-timed way of supplying the sunshine sun-shine we miss so much in the winter win-ter months. From now, throughout the winter, it's hello, Florida, California, Cali-fornia, Texas and Arizona, as the parade of citrus ''. ;; -v " fruits marches into your favorite mar- MAIN ket- ernrsr earIy and ttSfiKEI midseason crop ol FEATURE oranges and grape- fruit from Florida has been seeping in to your store since early fall. Florida, Flori-da, of course, is the chief grapefruit grape-fruit producer, and in recent years has led California in the production produc-tion of oranges, too. Texas normally, normal-ly, is second only to Florida in grapefruit, but don't look for too much Texas fruit this year that great state is still feeling last winter's win-ter's big freeze. Arizona, like Texas, Tex-as, is not the great hope this year, anticipating just a medium fan-harvest. fan-harvest. FRESH OR FROZEN So now's the time, ladies, while you're waiting for the new southern harvest, to study the comparative prices of canned and frozen citrus juices with the fresh fruits, and decide which is your best buy. Here's how they measure up: A No. 2 can of orange juice provides 5 half-cup servings, while a No. 3 can affords 12 ounces. A pound oi fresh oranges gives you just two or three half-cups of sections and juice. But when you come to the frozen concentrate you know the one to which you add anywhere from 3 to 5 cans of water the ounce capacity is exactly equal to the half-cup. Figure it out yourself, lady, and buy the amount and the form for which you will have the most use. If you decide that you get more for your money in the frozen or canned juice, here's news for you as a matter of history, the consumption con-sumption of these processed forms is hitting a 2-year record, a figure 30 per cent larger in one sample month than the same month a year ago. And when you consider that the prices are also at the lowest low-est level in 2 years, too, and that you save valuable time from squeezing, you realize that you're pretty well-off to get 6 ounces, or six half-cups of juice from the frozen concentrate, for only a little over 21 cents. HEALTH IN CITRUS There's a connection between the demand of hunger and the supply to satisfy that hunger, especially in the citrus fruits. For . oranges and grapefruit and lemons and limes, abound in Vitamin C, ascorbic acid, so necessary especially in the wintertime. win-tertime. A large share of the recommended rec-ommended daily amount of this essential vitamin, is supplied just when we need it most, to build up resistance to the ills of winter. But remember, ladies, that this important vitamin is destroyed by exposure to air. Once the can is opened, store it in a covered container con-tainer in the refrigerator, just as you would store the frozen diluted or freshly squeezed juice. |