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PASTE 



PICK 'UP GUM, for use on'Knapp labeling machines (very adhesive) 

 CEMENT, for use on Burt labeling machines. LABELING GUM, for use on all bottle labeling machines. 



CELLULOID TIN LABELING PASTE, a RUST proof tin labeling paste. 



TRANSPARENT PASTE, for bottle or jar labeling. 



PALO ALTO PASTE POWDER— three pounds added to cold wrater makes two gallons fine white paste for all 



labeling work, or a RIBBON paste for labeling machines. Extensively used by canners and fruit packers. 



Manufacturers of Paste and Adhesives for All Purposes 



Office: 351 Eighth Street, San Francisco 



Robinson Chemical Works 



Canning Without Sugar 



By J. S. Caldwell, By-Products Specialist, Washington Agricultural Experiment Station, Pullman, Washington 



AS a consfi|ucnce of the rapiil rise 

 in cost of sugar, many house- 

 wives who usually prepare their 

 own canned fruits, |)reserves, jams and 

 jellies are permitting ciicap and abun- 

 dant crops of fruit to go to waste rather 

 than purchase the sugar necessary to 

 preserve it by their usual methods. 

 \Yherever this is the case, winter sup- 

 plies of canned fruits must be pur- 



First National 

 Bank 



HOOD RIVER, OREGON 



A. D. MOE - - 

 E. O. BLANCHAR 



President 

 - Cashier 



Capital and Surplus $125,000 

 Assets Over $500,000 



Member Federal Reserve System 



Tarred Berry Twine 



For tying Lagonberry, Raspberry and Black- 

 berry vines or other small fruits and shrubs 

 to trellises, stakes or supports. 



A single Tarred Yarn, about 400 feet to the 

 pound, put up in 5-lb. balls, 10 balls to the sack. 



The time will soon be at hand for cleaning 

 up berry patches and getting vines and shrub- 

 bery in suitable condition for another year. 



Sold by All Dealers Handling Orchard Supplies 



MANl!F.\CTl!Ri:i) BY 



The Portland Cordage Co. 



PORTLAND, OREGON 



chased later at a cost greater than that 

 of home production, or the diet of the 

 familj- must be restricted with danger 

 of injury to health. Many housewives 

 are api)arently unaware that practically 

 all fruits may be successfully canned 

 without the use of sugar. Such fruit 

 preserves more of the natural apjiear- 

 ance and flavor than does fruit put up 

 in heavy sugar syrup, is fully as palat- 

 able and much more easily digested, is 

 in heller condition for use in cooking 

 and is available for all purposes for 

 which fruit canned in syrup could be 

 used. A heavy sugar syrup aids in a 

 slight degree in preventing the growth 

 of the yeasts and bacteria which cause 

 spoilage, but perfect sterilization makes 

 its use unnecessary. 



Fruits may be canned without the use 

 of sugar by any method which the 

 liousewife is accustomed to use, but 

 in every case the following rules should 

 be observed: (1) Fruit to be used for 

 canning should be firm, not over-ripe, 

 and free from decay. Vegetables should 

 be young and tender. To attempt to 

 use very dirty, over-ripe or decayed 

 fruit, or old, tough vegetables is to in- 

 vite failure, since it is very didicult to 

 sterilize such materials. (2) .lars should 

 be tested by paitially Idling with watei-, 

 adjusting rubbers, tightening covers, in- 

 verting and shaking. (.3) ,lars, cover.s, 

 rubbers, spoons, cups, funnel and all 

 utensils which are used in canning 

 must be placed in a pan of cold water 

 deep enough to cover them, placed on 

 the stove and boiled for 21) minutes. 

 .\lIo\v them to remain in the hot water 

 until needed for use. This will pre- 

 vent sul)se(|uenf breakage and will in- 

 sure perfect steiilizalion. (I) lUibbers 

 should never be used a second lime. 

 (.")) The neck of Ihe jar should nevei- 

 be wiped oil' before sealing, as the cloth 

 will almost cei'lainly leave baclcria or 

 Neasts in the jar. 



The cold-pack method has rapidly 

 come into .general favor, since it pre- 



serves more of the natural color, ap- 

 pearance and flavor of the fruit, and 

 also saves the time, energy and labor 

 of the operator. It requires no special 

 equipment other than a washboiler, 

 lard can or other deep vessel with flat 

 bottom and tightly fitting cover. Make 

 a false bottom of wire netting or light 

 wooden slats, nailed to cross pieces and 



"Francis Type" 



Fruit Grading Machines 



and Picking Bags 



Write for Information 



Western Fruit Grader and 

 Mfg. Company 



Grand Junction, Colorado 



Come and Live 

 and Prosper 



ORCHARDING in 

 NEVADA COUNTY, 

 CALIFORNIA the Grand-Phje 

 Winning Home o( Ihe Barlletl Pear 



pLIMATE ideal for fruit-raising— idc.il for 

 y health. Altitude (2500 feet) just right for 

 healthy orchards and healthy orchardists. 

 There's money in Bartlett Pears and Nevada 

 County, Calilornia, grows the best in the 

 world. Won llw highest award at the Panama- 

 Pacific Internationa/ Exposition. Ij 



Land values have not been boosted sky-high 

 here. Good acreage along the railroad costs hut 

 $40-only $100 just outside the city. Write for 

 literature to 



CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Grass Valley, California , 

 or Promotion Committee. Nevada City. California 1 



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