YARD AND GARDEN: How fruit saved soldiers
"During World War I. Americans did their patriotic duty to help soldiers survive the attacks by collecting fruit pits and fruit stones."
Source: herald-review.com
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"During World War I. Americans did their patriotic duty to help soldiers survive the attacks by collecting fruit pits and fruit stones."
The American Red Cross led a campaign in 1917, and by 1918 print publications nationwide carried advertisements to collect peach pits. Factories in Connecticut converted production, and hundreds of women