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system may be cannot at present be discussed, because it is not known 

 to anyone, and when it is made public opinions will probably differ as to 

 its claim to the term new ; but about the excellence of its results there 

 can be no two opinions, for not only did his exhibit look most inviting, 

 but we can testify from actual experiment that the fruits were quite as 

 excellent in use and flavour as they were in appearance. 



Fig. 334. — Mr. De Luca's Screw-top Bottle. 



Mr. De Luca considers that the point in preserving fruits and 

 vegetables rests in the use of a suitable bottle, and he has therefore 

 invented a new patent screw-top preserving bottle having a groove in 

 the neck to hold an indiarubber ring on which the lid of the bottle 

 rests, being kept in place by an outer screwed metal ring fitting on to 



