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TABLE 42. 

 What becomes of the apple crop. 



If we apportion the yield that was partly barreled and partly evaporated then the 

 percentage of the crop evaporated would be about as follows : 1900, 85 per cent ; 

 1901, 60 per cent; 1902, 75 per cent; 1903, 68 per cent. 



TABLE 43. 



Orchards from ivhich the entire crop was evaporated or sold to evaporate none 



were hand-picked. 



In many cases the fact that the women and children of the household 

 can help in the work, so reduces the expense that the small evaporator 

 can successfully compete with the larger ones. 



The evaporating industry furnishes a good outlet for fruit that is 

 not good enough to barrel. It should be encouraged by every possible 

 means. The ease of preserving and the small space into which a bushel 

 of apples can be condensed make this a very desirable way of reaching 

 the cheaper trade in Europe and Asia as well as in our own cities. 



