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the state on the keys and is shipped to Key West, and from 

 there via steamer to New York." 

 Dried Dried fruits. The enormous and ever increasing acreage of 

 frints - fruits in North America demands that much of the product 

 shall be marketed in imperishable form. Most of the great 

 markets are far from the scene of production. It is not strange, 

 therefore, that America has developed far the most important 

 evaporating, canning and other preserving interests on the 

 globe. The dried and canned fruits are finding a good market 

 in many parts of Europe, especially in France. The consump- 

 tion of the so-called waste products of apples and other fruits 

 — largely cores, skins and the cheaper grades of evaporated 

 fruits— are exported to France to the value of nearly half a 

 million dollars annually. The dried fruit product of New 

 York state alone exceeds a million dollars' worth annually. 

 There is a strong protective feeling in some of the European 

 nations which checks the consumption of American goods. 

 This is especially strong in southern Germany. This feeling 

 is strongly expressed under the guise of a fear of contamination 

 of zinc, as it has been discovered that zinc trays are largely used 

 in the manufacture of evaporated fruits. The output of dried 

 and canned fruits will, no doubt, be comparatively light for 

 1892, owing to the light or indifferent crops. 



California is destined to lead the world in the production of 

 dried fruits. The output of that state for five years is seen 

 from the following table to have been enormous: 



Fruit Grower : * 



leading industries. Sun-cured and evaporated peaches, apri- 



