16 THE BOOK OF FRUIT BOTTLING 
quiring renewal each season; but in the first instance, 
the stock has to be bought and in large quantities, 
because manufacturers only sell several gross at a time. 
Another point which one must lament is that the bottles 
are of foreign make; all the clear glass ones come from 
abroad; the native ones—as a rule—are a very bad 
colour, often blown with a twist and full of bubbles, 
therefore they do not show the fruit to advantage in 
any way, although they answer all right for home use. 
We are told that it is impossible to manufacture glass 
in England as cheaply as it can be done abroad. There 
is no doubt that the right bottle has yet to be put on 
the market. One is wanted which is cheap, made of 
good glass, and with a glass cap, as we do not consider 
the metal cap perfectly satisfactory. 
Last season we obtained through the Co-operative 
Wholesale Society some English-made bottles, with 
screw tops, which, we think, were the most satisfactory 
ones we have found. They are called the ‘ Atlas 
Fruit Jar,” and are complete with screw top and rubber 
rings. They are shown on right sides of steriliser, B 
and C, in a group of three. Prices as follows :— 
No. I Atlas fruit jar, to hold 2 lb., 2s. od. per 
doz., complete with screw cap and ring; 
7 1, 17s. per gross. 
No. 2 Atlas fruit jar, to hold I Ib., 2s. per doz., 
complete with screw cap and ring; {1 Ios. 
per gross. 
To be obtained by the dozen or the gross from the 
Mercia Agricultural Store, Bredon’s Norton, near 
Tewkesbury. 
Patent air-tight jars, complete with covers and rings :— 
20107. As. Pet doz. 
27 O7., 48. OG. per doz, 
40 0Z., 55: Oa— per doz. 
From E. Lee & Co., Maidstone. 
