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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



CANNING AND EVAPORATING FRUIT. 



S this paper is prepared partly from experience, I trust you 

 will bear with me while I make mention of a little of my 

 experience in connection with canning fruit in glass 

 jars. Spending the winter of 1891 in one of the best 

 fruit regions of Ontario, and having opportunity for 

 observation as well as mental reflection, my mind would 

 wander back to this valley, and the favorable opportuni- 

 ties we possessed in comparison to other portions of 

 the Dominion for fruit growing. I felt confident then 

 if the fruit growers had a factory such as I have alluded to, it would be a great 

 boon to them. So sanguine was I in the belief, that after a careful study of 

 the subject, together with some practical and well tested information (which I 

 was so fortunate to obtain), I decided upon arrival home to try the experiment 

 on a small scale. I put up about one thousand jars. The results I am 

 pleased to say far exceeded my fondest hopes. My stock is disposed of and 

 orders turned away. 



Frequently I am asked will your goods keep in glass jars ? I think they 

 have been well tested on that point, as they have stood a journey to India, and 

 at last accounts were keeping perfectly. It takes time as well as skill to reach 

 perfection. I see where I can make improvements next season, when I know 

 I can put on the market an article equal to any, and superior to many. I 

 mention this simply to show that they are all possibi ities. People are daily 

 becoming more particular with regard to this line of fruit, and are willing to pay 

 the price if the article suits. It is only a matter of time when all lines of fruit, 

 to find a ready sale, will have to be prepared in glass jars. 



From the following prepared table I shall endeavor to substantiate the fact, 

 that canning and evaporating should go hand in hand, one is incomplete with- 

 out the other. 1st, we will take the apple. I have already stated that the time 

 has passed for flooding our market with inferior fruits. I also emphatically state 

 that they should not find a market at the canning factories. How can a factory 

 place upon the market a first-class article from refuse fruit ? I contend it can- 

 not be done. 



The line of thought I take with reference to this is, place nothing but 

 No. 1 fruit on the market in its natural state ; and the No. 2, which by the way 

 should equal the No. 1 in every respect but size, to the canning factory, and the 

 balance to the evaporator. If this uniform system was carefully followed I feel 

 confident we would realize greater prices for good fruit, and dispose of our 

 inferior to better satisfaction than filling our markets with a general mixture- 

 Here the canning and evaporating department each have their own work to 

 perform, with the apple, the " King of Fruits.' 3 



