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FLORIDA FRUITS, 



method and vapor batti, and the " American's " inclined flue 

 and " hot air cure; " a difference that is just as noticeable to the 

 eye, in color and handsome appearance, as it is to the palate in 

 quality. 



So you see that there is a right and a wrong way of eyapo- 

 ratino; fruits and yeo-etables, and it was the misfortune of the 

 wrong method coming first under notice that for a time threw 

 the whole business of evaporating the products of the soil into 

 the shade. 



In the past, as a rule, dried fruits have been literally " fiat, 

 stale, and objectionable but now, under Dr. Ryder's common- 

 sense method, evaporated fruits are rapidly coming into public 

 favor, and there they will stay. 



In many cases, the producer who uses the best evaporator 

 (and we can truly say, having the welfare of our fellow-fruit 

 growers at heart) that this is the " American Dryer, or Pneu- 

 matic Evaporator," will find that it will pay better to convert 

 all his produce into the evaporated article for market, than to 

 ship it in its original state. 



The saving in crates, in hauling, in handling, in freight, 

 and in loss by decay in transit — very important items to the 

 Floridian — would greatly augment the profits of the crop, be- 

 sides being perfectly safe. 



The demand for evaporated fruits and vegetables will, for 

 years to come, fall far short of the supply, where the supply is 

 of the best quality. People are finding out of late that they 

 are not only very wholesome, but that they are cheaper than 

 canned fruits. To prove this, one need only buy a can of any 

 sort, and its equivalent in cost in the best evaporated fruits ; 

 place the latter in water for eight or ten hours (which should 

 always be done previous to stewing slowly), and then try 

 to put it in the empty can, the result will be a revelation most 

 damaging to the canned article. 



The truth is that every agricultural family ought to own 

 one of these evaporators ; one of the smaller sizes will suffice to 

 save many and many a dollar's worth of good, wholesome food, 

 that must otherwise be wasted ; and this is particularly so in 



