Its been confirmed. A major study of the Canadian consumer last year proved what people in the Tree Frait Industry have long suspected. The apple is a Canadian’s favorite fruit, preferred over oranges by a ratio of three to one and over bananas by four to one. It's always been that way! Apples were so important to ancient Greece that thé Greek word for apple was the Greek word for all fruit. It is believed that this is the reason why the scholars have always attributed the apple to the garden of Eden. In Greek the word for apple is Melon. In Latin it’s Poma, Pomidoro. Old English use Aepple, which is close to the food RECIPE WINNER The winner of our recipe contest this week is Dr. Philip Alderman with his recipe for Chicken, Cheese and Onion Bake. Dr. Alderman wins a voucher for $10 worth of meat of his choice from THE TOWN BUTCHER LTD. 1254 Lynn Valley Rd., North Van- couver. You could be our next winner. Send your favorite recipe to the North Shore | News Recipe Costess, No. 202-1139 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4. Be sure to include your telephone number. POULET AU FROMAGE ALDERMAN 1 CHICKEN, CHEESE AND ONION BAKE 3-4 whole chicken breasts, skinned boncd = and flattened Satility of Taste the many German, Apfel, and the British and the Americans in calling an apple — an apple. Aside from the fact that apples taste good, they store well. An ancient Viking ship raised from the bottom of the sea off Norway con- tained buckets of apples that sailors had stored away for rations during their voyage. Spanish explorers carried apples to Mexico and South America during their voyages. When the first shiploads of settlers arnved in North Amenica from Europe, many of them brought cuttings and seeds from their apple or- chards back home. In 1849, during the 3-4 medium shced ‘A cup dry white wine or dry sherry “%-1/3 pound Swiss Emmenthal cheese onions, sliced or grated Few tablespoonsful oil Fry onions in small amount of oil just until transparent. Put sparse layer PHILIP ALDERMAN FREE TOSHIBA MICRO-WAVE DEMONSTRATION THIS SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20. 11 AM 3PM Talk to the Toshiba Micro Wave Hostess white she demonstrates the ease and ver. Toshiba micro wave cooking toods Toshiba You'll like the cooking You'll love our SPECIAL PRICE ON ALL FEATURED TOSHIBA MICRO. WAVES COLONY HOME FURNISHINGS prepared with California gold rush, in- dividual apples were selling for as much as five dollars each, and a single box could be auctioned off for as high as five hundred dollars, and a small patch of land with four apple trees would sell for eight-hundred dollars. So, while the survey last year confirmed what or- chardists and apple marketing specialists have long believed, it is also confirmed that the Canadian’s love of apple is part of a long tradition. This year the apple crop in British Columbia is developing into one of the largest in the last twenty years, with good colour and high quality. Present predictions of the crop from B.C. Tree Fruits in Kelowna, have placed the crop at 8,813,288 — 42 Ib. boxes. “This year our weather conditions have been ideal, and this not only provides for a large volume crop but should give us vintage quality,” said Lionel Desharnais, Marketing of onions in bottom of 1% - 2 quart casserole dish, cover with layer of chicken, add a litthe salt and pepper, and repeat layers until chicken , - and onions are used. epan he ples are our favorite Manager of B.C. Tree Fruits Limited/Sun-Rype Products Limited. Once again the Controlled Atmosphere storage facilities will store two million boxes, just under twenty-five per cent of the crop. In the past couple of months, the Kelowna office of B.C. Tree Fruits has been like a small United Nations as buyers from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Denmark, Venezuela, Finland, New Zealand and the United States have been arriving weekly to make their sales’ arrangements on the 1980 crop. Export Sales are expected to rise about fif- teen per cent this season. The first sales this year were made to Kenya and the United Kingdom, a load of McIntosh to Kenya and Red Delicious apples and D’Anjou pears to England for Christmas pift packs. The second week of September saw _ the first truckloads to the United States of the 1980 crop. Wine and cheese makes chicken great Add wine, top with the cheese, and bake in moder te (350 degree) oven for 1% - 1 hours, or until top is a beautiful mahagony brown. Serves 3 - 4. 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