Word: citrus
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sparkling citrus wine which Mr. Moore and his collaborator, Edward L. Gonyer, call Duo Carolus (freely translated, two dollars), is claimed by its makers to be almost indistinguishable from champagne. A connoisseur like Julian Street would probably not agree, but it takes only 60 days to make, in comparison with the four to six years necessary for real champagne. Duo Carolus costs $2 a fifth gallon as against $6.50 to $8 for a good bottle of imported grape champagne. Messrs. Moore and Gonyer plan to make 150,000 bottles a year...
...Herbert J. Webber, a University of California citrus expert, traveled through the Mediterranean countries, brought back a few citron buds. Some of these he gave to Edwin Giles Hart, an enterprising fruitgrower who was then trying to raise other citrus fruits in La Habra, Calif. Onetime miner and realtor, Edwin Hart has always hunted for new things to produce. He started experimenting with avocados in 1905. Eventually tackling citron, he discovered that it could survive California's climate when grafted to the rough lemon. Three years ago he produced some 10,000 lb. of citron...
...centuries ago British sailors learned to eat citrus fruits to keep free of scurvy. Within the past five years Vitamin C has been identified, its chemical structure determined, its synthetic preparation accomplished. Albert Szent-Györgyi of Hungary found a substance in animal adrenal glands, ascorbic acid, which turned out to be the same thing as Vitamin C, and extracted large quantities of ascorbic acid from paprika. Walter Norman Haworth of England plotted the architecture of the molecule and Paul Karrer of Switzerland synthesized...
...subject to certain virus and bacterial diseases. With an ample supply of these vitamins, he can overcome such ailments. Although Hungarian pepper is the most abundant source of these vitamins, this condiment is little known in the U. S. Most convenient source of the vitamins thus remain the citrus fruits, especially lemons and oranges...
Born in Bisbee, Ariz., "Lew" Douglas got a decoration when he was in the A.E.F. artillery, came home and became a citrus rancher and copper miner in Arizona. He served in the House of Representatives for six years before his appointment to the Treasury in 1933. While his only previous experience as an educator was as a history instructor at Amherst College, his alma mater, in 1920, those who knew the family history were not as surprised by "Lew" Douglas' appointment to McGill last week as most U. S. and Canadian citizens. His grandfather was Quebec-born James Douglas...