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nn barrels in Boston, while the expense is very little in simply 

 -putting them into the dryer and barrelling. Forty dollars a ton 

 .-gives very good returns, but in some years they do not bring as 

 much as that. This is used and known as jelly stock and it is 

 the basis of nearly all the commercial jellies that we use, cran- 

 berry, strawberry, currant and all those jellies. 



CANNING APPLES. 

 By E. Herbert Dingley, West Farmington. 



Although the apple canning industry is steadily and rapidly 

 -increasing in the "Pine Tree State," it will be some time before 

 Maine will come up to the state of New York on quantity or 

 -quality of product. While the packers in this State can justly 

 boast of the superiority of their canned corn, they still have to 

 .step back when the question of canning apples arises. This is 

 due to the fact that, in the markets of London, Liverpool, Man- 

 chester, and Glasgow, the Maine goods come into competition 

 -with those packed in New York, Ontario, and Nova Scotia. 

 Probably one-half or two-thirds of all canned apples go across 

 -the water same as fhe green fruit, and England rules the price. 



New York uses a large amount of fall fruit such as Red Astra- 

 khans, Duchess, and others for early canning. These apples are 

 -nearly worthless in the orchards as the demand is so small com- 

 pared with the supply. I am told that fall fruit is often given 

 away in the apple section of New York on the agreement that it 

 will be cleanly picked. This places New York in a better com- 

 petitive position for trade than Maine. 



Early or fall fruit will not make as saleable goods as the hard 

 winter varieties for the early apples become darker when canned. 

 It is an erroneous idea that anything will answer to can. The 

 "best apples for canning purposes are the Harveys, Greenings, 

 and Baldwins. While all other winter fruit is good, the three 

 which I have just mentioned are preferable and rank in the order 

 -named. We will readily see that the Maine apple growers can- 

 not sell these varieties to the canners at prices sufficiently low for 

 them to compete with York state and Canadian packed goods. 



I have a friend Who has been in the canned goods business for 

 £l great many years.. While he has packed all kinds of fruit and 



