PART EIGHTH: FRUIT PRESERVATION. 
CHAPTER XRAY, 
FRUIT CANNING, CRYSTALLIZING, AND DRYING. 
The preservation of fruit in various ways for home use and 
distant shipment, is one of the leading industries of California, 
employing a large amount of capital and labor, and distributing 
a vast amount of money among our people. These facts can 
be best emphasized by statements of the product of 1897, in the 
leading methods of preservation; by canning and drying. The 
crop of 1898 was seriously reduced by drouth and frost and that 
of 1899 is incomplete at this writing. 
CANNED FRUIT PRODUCT OF 1897.* 
Table fruits, 2%4-lb. cans, two dozen per Case .......s.ceeee sees eee 
Pie fruits, a eo vis es UES sd seater wastelleit io 
1 i-gal. ‘ one “ SO aapisesmnnicay davgaleeess 
Jams and jellies, 2-lb. te two. ot OS sree tS Woe ets 
This product was the output of thirty-eight canning estab- 
lishments, located in different parts of the State, and the product 
is weighed and valued upon page 56. So far as the comparative 
use of different fruits can be made out, it is as follows:— 
Cases 
Apples. crvsccssuccanssousasccternes 7,420 Pears, other 
A DIIGOIS sseuecavacsnaee xi00 s+ 317,408 Peaches 
Cherries, black........... aes 920387 PUN S seasiey sete aevendea vette iccdes 
Cherries, white............ Se TIO, 170 Quinces 5,199 
Currants: cee acyniee 5,697 Strawberries..........cccee eeaee 8,166 
Grape ..... eee ; 32,206 Raspberries 3,810 
Nectarines.............4. oe 1,369 Blackberriess sss scsevexvesxsecs 20,976 
Péars,."Bartlett.cocvaccsvoocenss 329,794 Gooseberries....... ........ 4,809 
*“ California Fruit Grower,’ Nov. 5, 1898. 
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