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OF CALIFORNIA. 



1878. 



The experience of the past has strengthened our confidence in the process 

 which secures the same market for succulent products that exists for wheat and 

 wool, viz: 



THE WORLD FOR A MARKET, AND OUR OW^N TIME TO SELL. 



The business of evaporating fruits and vegetables, so as to render them capa- 

 ble of shipment to any market in the world, with an indefinite time of transit, and 

 still preserve them with all their desirable qualities, has now assumed a very 

 important place among the prominent and legitimate industries of our growing 

 country. 



The Alden Process has passed the experimental stage, and is now so well 

 known and thoroughly established, that its value to producer and consumer is 

 generally recognized. During the past four years, more than 200 Alden facto- 

 ries have been established in the United States, all of which are in full opera- 

 tion in the proper season, producing articles not only cheaper, but also more 

 nearly resembling fresh fruit than any other, and it is the only method of pres- 

 ervation that has risen to sufficient dignity and importance to command for its 

 products a distinctive recognition and remunerative prices in the markets of the 

 world. It is, therefore, only necessary for us to keep the public informed of 

 our improvements in simplifying and cheapening, without entering into any 

 lengthy arguments respecting its value and great superiority over all other 

 methods. 



We are prepared to show how all the valuable qualities of a ton of apples 

 can be placed in an imperishable condition and delivered in Liverpool at a 

 gross cost of not more than twenty dollars, and we claim that our processed 

 apples are better than the fresh apples shipped from the Atlantic States to Liver- 

 pool, in such large quantities, selling there at $52 per ton, leaving a difference 

 of over S30 per ton in favor of the Alden apple. We have purposely chosen 

 the least profitable article evaporated, sending it to a distant market in the face 

 of unusual competition, to show to what vast proportions we may expect the 

 trade to grow. 



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