. Agriculture; a text for the school and the farm . Twig showing appearance ofleaves infested with apple aphis. 4. Frtiit Demonstrations The demonstrations in connection with the fruit studiesserve a double purpose: (1) to arouse definite interest ofthe school and community in fruit as a profitable crop forthe farm and home, and (2) to show the relation of fruitto the daily Peaches destroyed by brown rot, showing gray masses ofspores of the fungus. THE FRUIT GARDEN 197 1. Demonstrate how to can the various kinds of localfruits by use of the cold pack method. 2. Demonstrate and explain t


. Agriculture; a text for the school and the farm . Twig showing appearance ofleaves infested with apple aphis. 4. Frtiit Demonstrations The demonstrations in connection with the fruit studiesserve a double purpose: (1) to arouse definite interest ofthe school and community in fruit as a profitable crop forthe farm and home, and (2) to show the relation of fruitto the daily Peaches destroyed by brown rot, showing gray masses ofspores of the fungus. THE FRUIT GARDEN 197 1. Demonstrate how to can the various kinds of localfruits by use of the cold pack method. 2. Demonstrate and explain the use of other methodsof canning fruits, and of glass and tin containers for thecanning of surplus fruits of the garden and orchard. 3. The proper method of scalding, blanching, paring,coring, stemming, hulling and seeding of various kinds offruits. 4. Show how to grade and crate the various kinds offruits for the market, and the use of parcel-post how to prepare exhibits of fruit for fairs, club fes-tivals, educational meetings, etc. 5. Fruit Play Contests Among the most interesting play contests in connectionwith the agricultural and home economic work of the schoolare the fruit play contests. These contests will not onlyserve to create interest in the study, but will actually teachvaluable lessons on how to do the important things relatedto the project. 1. F


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