288 FLORIDA FRUITS EVAPORATING FRUITS. 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



EVAPORATING FRUITS. 



Our work on "Florida Fruits" would not be complete 

 without a reference to a comparatively new industry, which 

 is destined to be a revelation of wealth to the fruit and 

 vegetable growers, not alone of Florida and the United 

 States, but of all countries ; a revelation of wealth on the 

 principle that a " penny saved is a penny earned." 



Wherever fruit or truck is raised for market there is 

 sure to be a waste of unsalable produce, which could be 

 utilized for home use if there was not "too much of a 

 good thing," which, however, there is, and so a great deal 

 spoils and is lost. Another thing, in many places, espe- 

 cially in newly-settled States like Florida, it is very diffi- 

 cult, if not impossible, to get perishable produce to market 

 in good condition, hence, people living in these localities 

 are cautious about raising such products. But modern 

 invention has swept away this heretofore serious drawback. 

 The farmer or fruit grower may now plant what he will, 

 gather as he will, and then quietly place the result of his 

 labor in such shape as shall assure him a large and sure 

 profit, without the possibility of loss, no matter how far 

 he may be from the great markets, nor how slow his means 

 of transportation. Nay, more ; he may prepare his pro- 

 duce and pack it away to await the highest market prices, 

 instead of being obliged to place it on sale when the field 

 is already overoccupied. Neither is the produce thus res- 

 cued from waste and low prices in poor demand ; on the 

 contrary, the supply will scarce be able to keep pace with 

 it. If the article supplied be the best of its sort, a good 

 price and ready sale is always sure. The recent invention 



