Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-03-18

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We copy the following from the
proceedings. of the American lnsti-
tute Farmers Club;
EvAPoRATED FRUITs. Mr. Charles
Alden of SO Park-place showed spec
linens Of fruit prepared by new pro
cess that rapidly expels the juice with
out causing pny chemical change, and
lea, ing every property of value, SO
that when the fruit or vegetable again
absorbs the amount of moisture re-
moved it will have all the original
taste and favor. The machine i
cap bic of erapcrating the water from
70 " bushels of tomatoes or any other |
fruit per hour. or COO bushels pcI |
week, employing tv enty-6vc hands,
mostly girls, to prepare the fruit, pass
it ihr )ugh the machine, pack and Ia
bel it for market. This process is So
rapid--S0 per cent water cvaporatcd
from four bushels every hour-that
no chemical change can take place,
all the saccharine matter in the frui'
being retained la its natural state
No chance for dust, flies. bees, or any
other insect to interfere with it, and
is perfectly clean, aud all the work j.
done by machinery. This is believed
to be the first attempt preserve toma-
toes by evaporating the water from
them, or any, other way except BY
canning. II is we'll known tina!
most fruits contain some so per cen
water, the tomato contains about q
quarts water in every bushel. Thi
machine is intended to evaporatc and
carry off nearly 5000 quarts water
from tomatoes every twenty-four
hours, leaving the tomatoes in fine
condition for pressing and packing
with all the saccharinc matter undis-
turbcd. feeling as soft as preserved
fig. which it very much resembles. and
will in that condition keep for long
time. retaining all their natural flavor.
color, and taste, and when 80 soaked
in coll water and cooked are equal
to fresh tomatoes, and much less acid
than the canned tomatoes, and Of
much finer favor. and free from the
poisonous effects of the tin, and can
be sold for one half the price. There
is no one fruit more extensively used
in this country than the tomato, and
with this new invention thousands &C
acres of land will be brought into re-
QUESTION to supply the demand, which
will soon be largely increased, as the
cost of transportation when evapora-
ted will be very small compared to
the canned tomatoes MS it takes thir-
ty-thrce cans to hold one bushel Of
tomatoes, weighing, when packed foi
transportation. nearly 100 pound
against four pounds the weight of one
bushcl evaporated tomatoes. The
peaches pes ,rycd by evaporation are
as fragrant as n fresh basket of ripe
peaches, and when cooked will have
the same rich taste and aroma. The
evaporatcd apple looks as white and
clean rs fresh cut apple, and when
cooked will have all the taste and ia
vor of the natural fruit, quite diff
fercnt article from the dried apple in
every respect. Evaporatcd potato,
onions, cabblge, parsnep, and turnips
when cooked are precisely like the
fresh article. Sweet corIB green peas,
and all other vegetables obtain the
same result by passing through the
evaporating process, rs also the straw
BERRY, raspberry, and all other small
fruit. No fruit need now be lost even
in the remotest parts of our country
for want of market to dispose of it
Mt fair price. Knowing that it
would require a large amount of mon
ey to erect these machines in different
parts Of the country. / have, .contin-
ued the speaker, associated with
msself several gentlemen fruit-grow-
crs and capitalists under the name OF
the "Alden Fruit Preserving Compa-
n.y." with a capital stock of $500, 600
The defign of the company is to To-
cate these machines in large fruit
growing districts remote from mar
ket, where the fruit will be treated
and prepared under the supervision
of an agent of the company, whose
business it will be to purchase the
fruit, see that it is properly evapora-
ted. packed, and forwarded week
ly to the principal depot in this city,
or some one of its branches. where II
will be examined and labeled ready
for sale, every package bearing the
trademark of the company. Each
agent will be stockholder, consc-
0uently interested in the success Of
the company, and every large fruit
growing district can have one trustee.
the business Of the company will be
done exclusively OH the cash principle.
as to purchases and labor. A house
with ten of these drying machines
costs about $4,000. Parties wishing
to secure regular market for berries,
peaches. tom0tess, and apples, and
able to supply such a house with an
abundance can correspond with thi,
company, stating the prices at Which,
these fruits can be bought in THEN
neighborhood. Houses will be pu,
up this Spring at Newburh and Mo-
dena, n. Y, and at several points IN
Maryland AMI Deiawaro.spr~.r
50 EARLy MoHAwK.-A statenen
taken from the minutes Of the Mon
mouth County Agricultural So2iety
was read by Mr.. Lyman, showing tina
the prize of $500 was given to field
planted with the Early Mohawk. The
same paper also showed the supcriori-
ty of Mr.. Richard A. Leonard Of tina
county in general farming. and es-
peclally In raising potatoes, asapara-