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It is essential that they be well built to prevent the 

 ingress of insects after they are filled. They are lined 

 with paper before the fruit is put in, in such a way 

 that it will fold back neatly from the top when opened. 

 The fruit is usually sold in large lots through coin- 

 mission men, but may sometimes go direct to whole- 

 salers and dealers with advantage. 



THE EVAPORATED RASPBERRY INDUSTRY 



Bailey has given an account of the evaporated rasp- 

 berry industry in western New York, in Bulletin 100 

 of the Cornell Experiment Station. With permission 

 of the author, his account of the history of this indus- 

 try, together with his descriptions of the styles of evap- 

 orators in most common use, is incorporated here:* 



"Western New York leads the world in the production of dried 

 raspberries. Something like 1,500 tons of the evaporated product 

 are marketed each year. Of this, about 1,000 tons are produced 

 in Wayne county, in which the towns of Williamson and Sodus, 

 which produce nearly or quite half of the amount, are the most 

 important centers. Marion, in Wayne county, is also a heavy 

 producer of dried berries. Outside of Wayne county, the region 

 tributary to Dundee, Yates county, is the most important center 

 of the dried raspberry industry. The product sold at Dundee is 

 probably upwards of one hundred and fifty tons each year. Many 

 berries are also dried south and east of Dundee, in Schuyler 

 county, round about Watkins. In Niagara county the industry has 

 become established at Somerset, where about twenty tons are 

 produced each year. There are also many persons who dry rasp- 

 berries in other parts of the fruit regions of western New York, 

 and the industry is gradually enlarging as people come to learn 



*Consult, also, Corbett, Bull. 48, W. Va. Exp. Sta. 



