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courage their use in the home and largely prevented their manufacture 

 upon a commercial scale. These obstacles need no longer stand in the 

 way of a general enjoyment or the manufacture of these delicacies, as 

 they may now be produced equal in quality to the French article and 

 possibly at one-third the cost of the latter, and in a very greatly les- 

 sened time. 



For all this coast there are less than five crystalizing firms to supply 

 the demand; no wonder the price of the fruit is high and in reach of 

 only the moneyed few. 



I was told the time required to crystalize fruit was from six to eight 

 weeks from the time the fruit was fresh until finished for the trade. 

 This fact would seem to be a great drawback to many who would like 

 to engage in the business, and so it was to me at that time, yet I felt 

 satisfied it was a paying business. After several years of investigation 

 and experimenting, and any number of failures, I claim to have found 

 out an entirely new process of making the crystalized or glace fruits 

 Avithout the aid of coloring matter or chemicals of any kind; conse- 

 quently all fruit by my process has its natural flavor, form and color. 

 More than that, I have done away with the old-time stickiness, produc- 

 ing a dry, crystalized fruit that may be eaten from the hand with kid 

 gloves without soiling. I can also give you the fruit ready for the trade 

 in from five to ten days, at a profit of one hundred per cent. All kinds 

 of fruit may be crystalized, also berries, and some vegetables. Farmers 

 and fruit growers may add this business to their fruit drying with little 

 expense and with a very great deal more profit. 



The glace strawberry is a novelty for which you will pay seventy- 

 five cents per pound. This fruit alone would open up a new industry 

 of great value because of no competition on it, and one that has never 

 yet been on the market. Glace peaches, while not new to the public, are 

 scarce and expensive, selling from fifty cents to seventy-five cents per 

 pound, and from all reports and hearsay, I would claim Missouri the 

 banner state for peaches and strawberries. Time and space will not 

 permit me to go further into the details of this interesting and profitable 

 business, but I should be pleased and willing to answer any and all ques- 

 tions referred to me in my distant home. 



