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Show DECORATIVE GRAPE VALUABLE AS FOOD A fruit which sells for its beauty and decorative effect, is the grape In its red. white, gold, green and purple tones. While the apple, peach, pear and orange each have beauty, there Is a grace and delicacy of bloom, and coloring in a well-filled bunch of grapes that other fruits do not possess. pos-sess. A bunch of grapes draped over the top of a large bowl of other fruits Is a picture universally admired. "North Carolina is particularly fortunate in her supply of grapes," says Prof. C. D. Matthews, head of the department of horticulture at State college. "There are the spicy little Delawares, Niagaras, Concords, and a number of other varieties. "The grape is also a wonderful little lit-tle storehouse of valuable food elements. ele-ments. Raisins are famous for their iron, but this element Is much more palatable and present In as great quantity in the grape. Grape sugar, which is one of the chief factors In the fine flavor of grapes, is the most readily digested of all forms of sugar. While In the United States grapes are usually considered as a dessert fruit, In the Latin countries, particularly Italy, they are a sustaining food for a large proportion of the population. Bread and grapes form the noonday meal of thousands of peasants who work fourteen hours a clay with no other food during their working period. Grapes are valuable in giving giv-ing energy and building up bodily strength and health. "With the fine variety of grapes from which the housewife may select, the use of this fruit in salads, desserts, des-serts, and as a breakfast fruit is constantly con-stantly increasing." '. |