One for the Orange!

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 931, 29 November 1933, Page 6

One for the Orange!

HAVE nothing against the apple,” said Professor V. H. Mottram, Professor of Physiology at London University, in a lecture last month. “ Indeed, it is a most delightful fruit; but it is really only a sweetmeat, and its value either as nourishment or medicine is negligible. A dessert apple is even of less value than a cooking apple. What we ought to do is to alter the saying to ‘ An orange a day keeps the doctor away/ The orange is the most valuable of fruits. Medicinally, it is antiscorbutic, and rich in the vitamin that is present in the sunlight. As for nourishment, the orange contains calcium, which is a bone-building constituent. Some most surprising experiments are being made now with oranges, which, I understand, indicate that, considered as nourishment, oranges are nearly as good as milk.”