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berries, grapes, etc., would be quite different to a formula for apples, 

 pears, etc. 



Xow, as regards jour being able to get our fertilizers as cheaply as 

 possible: We would like to make an arrangement with the members 

 of jour horticultural societj, to whom we will agree to furnish our fer- 

 tilizers at wholesale prices, that is, at same price as we would charge our 

 distributing agents. This will enable jou to obtain jour fertilizers at 

 first cost. 



We feel sure that if jou would make some experiments the com- 

 ing season, jou would be verj pleased and surprised at results and that 

 it would be the means of considerable business between us, to our mu- 

 tual benefit. 



We thank jou for this opportunitj of putting this matter before 

 JOU. Yours respectfully. 



Swift & Company, 



Per F. Kajfield. 



CKYSTALIZED OR GLACE FRUITS. 



Bj Mrs. H. B, Monteith, Lakeport, Cal. 



The art of crjstalizing or preserving the fresh fruits in their nat- 

 ural form, flavor and color is jet in its inf ancj in this countrj and there- 

 fore offers an extensive and lucrative field of labor, especiallj suited to 

 ladies. To make these most daintj confections, perfect in their nat- 

 uralness, requires a daintj touch with a verj fine perception of the dis- 

 tinction between good, bad and indifferent fruits, both in the fresh and 

 finished state. There has alwajs been an air of the most profound 

 mjsterj and secrecj about crjstalizing fruits. Manufacturers have 

 most jealouslj concealed their methods from the public. While on 

 a visit to Los Angeles a jear ago, mj attention was drawn to the fine 

 displaj of crjstalized or glace fruits there shown. 



Every one concedes the deliciousness and wholesomeness of crjs- 

 talized fruits, l)ut hitherto the cost, the time required for their prepara- 

 tion and, perhaps the "fussiness" of the operation have tended to dis- 



