"EAT MORE FRUIT”

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 28 September 1927, Page 9

"EAT MORE FRUIT”

THE MORE IT IS ADVOCATED THE DEARER IT BECOMES. Professor W. H. Gilmour. President of the British Dental Association, at the annual meeting of the Association, said: — “From the dental poit of view nothing is more essential for ensuring strong, healthy teeth than suitable diet for the child from its birth to maturity. lam convinced that che most useful correctives we have to modern cooking are fruit and salads, and that they are not as freely con sumed in this country as they ought to be. On the Continent they form the termination of almost every meal, and the more simple the dressing the more beneficial the” are. “The consumption of fruit has for years been advocated 1 both bv the medical* and dental professions, and has received a erreat deal of attention in the Press. But what strikes me as curious is that the more fruit is advocated the dearer it apparently becomes. Why should not the fruit grower and dealer show the same spirit of altruism as the professional man ?

“Tn Canada I saw thousands of acres under fruit and the ground literally covered, and I mid the price they receive would hardly pay for picking. Yet consider the prices which w’e have to pav when it arrives in this country! The same ' applies at home when the crop is abundant. The grower can hardly realise his expenses. Surely some means might he adopted to preserve it and make fruit available for rich and poor at all seasons.”