§ Captain Lyonsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in view of the continuing absence of imported apples, he will take steps in advance to arrange with the appropriate trade for the bottling this season of increased supplies of home-grown pure apple juice, to be available for all at popular prices; and whether, having regard to its recognised health value, he will arrange to inform the public as to its acceptance as a substitute for the imported apple?
Major Lloyd George:No, Sir. It would be an uneconomic process to manufacture juice from sound marketable apples of the dessert and cooking varieties, many of which can be stored in their natural state for several months. There are various ways (including the manufacture of unfermented juice) in which windfalls and culls unfit for the fresh fruit market, can be put into consumption, and I have no doubt that there will be a keen demand for such fruit from the processors.