Show agriculture 0 in 0 industry by FLORENCE C WEED apples new nonfood non food uses are being sought by apple men so that a market can be kept for all the apples raised in this country from pulp and peel comes pectin that gelatinous substance which makes jelly when extracted from apples and bottled in liquid form it is sold to housewives to be added to other fruit juices to make them jell scientists also are trying to find a method to produce apple juice that will not cloud on standing studies are being made to find ways to recover wax from apple skins to use in stencil sheets and water proof coatings apple seed oils also are ard being investigated cider is always a staple crop new industrial uses for apples are expected to develop as soon as improved methods can be discovered for drying and waste products this would permit indefinite storage and remove valuable material from being a nuisance although there are only halt half as many apple trees in the country as 30 years ago the apple crop has declined only 8 per cent because poor trees have been removed and good trees made to produce more fruit |