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FLORIDA FRUITS. 



And Still further to facilitate matters, these same manufac- 

 turers — called, by-the-way, " The American Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of Waynesborough, Pennsylvania " — place on the market 

 a " Parer, Corer, and Slicer," which performs its triple \York at 

 one time, and costs only a dollar and a half ; and an " Improved 

 Rotary Knife Peach Parer," same price; also a "Peach Peeling 

 Spoon " for twenty cents. Thus is evaporating made easy." 



Any one who chooses to send to this Company for the cata- 

 logue of their Fruit Drier, will learn a great deal to arouse his 

 attention and interest in a subject that grows in importance as 

 one looks into it ; and we will further add, that with every Drier 

 full and money-making instructions are sent. 



We have elsewhere referred to the great profit of raising 

 the guava — our Florida apple, as it may well be called. The 

 subject of jelly-making is, as we have seen, one of immense mo- 

 ment ; but not every one is able to command the needful labor 

 to place his fruit in this saleable form, and so there is a great 

 deal of waste, as things are at present, but need be no more ; 

 for, with even one of the small evaporators, all the loss may be 

 made gain, besides that the outlay of work, time, and capital are 

 much less than in jelly-makiDg. 



We believe that the drying of guavas for home use and the 

 Northern markets will, within a few years, become one of Flor- 

 ida's great industries. 



Pare and slice the larger specimens — the " Peach Parer " 

 would lighten the work wonderfully — halve the smaller ones, 

 and then lay them in the warm embrace of the " American ;" 

 then pack them in neat two-pound paper boxes, such as are made 

 for such uses, and ship them off, forty boxes to a crate ; they 

 will readily bring thirty-five cents a pound ; seventy cents for 

 each box. 



Now, one bushel of guavas will weigh, dried, at least eight 

 pounds ; this, at the above price (and it is less), will yield 82. 60 

 per bushel ; each bushel, as prepared for market, occupying only 

 the space of four small boxes, and weighing only eight pounds, 

 would make the expenses of shipment very light. An allowance 

 of forty cents a bushel, inclusive of all expenses, would be am- 



