process of preserving, the grower can hoKl his products for a remunerative 

 market, instead of being forced by the perishable condition of his fruits into a 

 glutted market, so often artificially made by the intentional movements of 

 dealers. 



There is always a market for first-class dried and conserved fruits, and the 

 demand for American fruits of this description is rapidly increasing in the for- 

 eign market, and will be much more rapid when brands are found of a uni- 

 form and reliable quality. 



HINTS FOR LOCAL MERCHANTS AND LAND OWNERS. 



All the finer varieties of fruits can be raised in your locality, and if you want 

 business to increase, and purchasers for your land, get an Alden factory estab- 

 lished in your midst. Each evaporator will work up loo tons of fruit in about 

 four months, and the product will be worth at the factory at least $10,000, No 

 manufacturing business requiring so small an outlay, will do so much for your 

 place. The money expended for fuel, labor, fruit, etc., is all distributed among 

 your own citizens, and no other business is so likely to grow, for people will 

 resurrect their old orchards, and plant new ones, when you show them a relia- 

 ble market for their fruit. INIore fruit trees will be planted this Winter in the 

 locality where Alden factories have been in operation during the past season, 

 than in any former year. People have discovered that fruit raising zvi'/I paj bet- 

 ter than wheat, without exhausting the soil, and they 'appreciate, too, that the 

 raising of such commercial fruit is the highest agn'ailtitre. Nothing has such 

 a tendency to enhance the value of land, for it renders land capable of produc- 

 ing at least ten times the income that it would bring in grain or in stock. The 

 Alden business could be introduced with great advantage in young colonies. 

 We think that five families, starting with one evaporator, and cultivating ten 

 acres each, could raise enough vegetables to make a successful run for the first 

 season. The vegetables and small fruits can be raised between the rows of 

 trees in a young orchard, on moist land, or where water for irrigation can be 

 obtained ; then w-ith ten acres each of plums and prunes, which commence 

 bearing in three years, the colonists would have a large and certain income — 

 in fact be rich. 



Of course it would be better to start on a larger scale, and so realize a part 

 of the profit on the increased value of the adjoining lands, but we have outlined 

 what can be done with small beginnings — a rare thing for Californians to notice. 



THE GAIN OF ONE YEAR'S EXPERIENCE. 



The Alden business is in its infancy, and a great deal may yet be learned. 

 A little experience will develope many improvements, and cut down expenses 

 of operating a factory. This may be illustrated by reference to the work done at 

 San Lorenzo during 1873 and 1874 ; in the former year, that factory was in 

 operation nearly six months, and evaporated 783,521 pounds of fruits, while 

 during 1874, i?i less than/our months time', 1,013,689 pounds of the same kind 

 of fruits were evaporated, showing an increase of 30 per cent.; add to this the 



