Middletown transcript., 1873-02-22
F5r "a, MAiifo,rn Trdn.erY,.

means of helping the Peach Grower dis.
pose Of his crop was brought before the
meeting. | not only being peach grow
er, but wha, nigh, be termed also an old
csnncr, having been engag d in that bus.
iness | ! or II years. more or less, aud my
canned pcnchr. having been sold in most
every city. from Boston to Chicago, ne well
as Now York. Philadelphia au | Baltimore.
and at the latter place having 10 compete
with the greatest canuers # the world.
and having sold at said place y ID. can.
for 80 per dnzen. mud that. teo. put up in
their own syrup. tthis was in the early
stages ut the late wnr) Sine, then the
> lh. can ha, superc,dtd the y aud, with
a syrup of three 10 four pounds Of the best
white sugar TO the dozen, the price has de-
clinnd to about 3. 30 per dozen. il u coun-
try canncr wishes to make sale to
wholesale hou,c
\, peach grower wish il was other
wise. but stern truth cnmpcls me 20 ny TO
young mon who haze never hrrn engaged
in this business, irs, 90 TO the northern
cities and post yourselves, and | think
YOU will come buek satisfied il il played
out business dil not, when made the
remarks at the Miilltawu meeting. sup.
pose the peach canning business ha1 spnk
so loss or improbable n il h1s, until
since wrote TO Philadelphia and New York
| herewith append the lei'er marked No
| from Mcssrs Reeve. 4 p1ryiu of Phil.
adclphia. house have sold thousands of
dollars worth H.. and through this hou,e
all canned goods I the liril.r,on, y J
eanHer> pas. or are .all hy sai hense and
il staul. at the head uf That trade IN Phil.
airlphir letter 50 > Is one from lIts-
,rs I!iiliarl y McMsIkin. w,ll known
commission merchant. In New York. who
| rcqr,.t.l to ro'e tile principal canned
fruit dealer. In New io'k, aul asr riaiu
the strt' ot the market. and a',n 20 to the
head house in New York. Kemp. nay &
Go an get one of thir pfct.cnrrcuts
Ard as the whole lit II most every kiul
II ga0n guui Wt3 taAc - rar uath
space in a paper iatvc 1t a, The TH,>.
scGirr office in care & tEc editor. for nll
wh, ,se proper q .a1k ~ Il leuer Va.
3 /, fr w ir Porter. wpll-kaavn tin
can mauvtaeurr Vi rhjlllrh,, how.
ing what the rrirso ID caus So. last
p,aah a.au Wi aii uy amount
ef eyilcrea tpa s.hcg ej'r.. lu, i mn.
thee sufficient .ga,fy aHf aua man,
auI have ~ 4 sir. Is ,r5.e ou alt4ly
dead hr.ius,s aus iAH!er
gave a -'n'gmlht 'a-, month in thf
rBNN.er.en .af u .u' III ca. - pul;inr NJ
dozen of3 T. zlu. i ,ash tnl snmu
person replied ia ,ail f1I.r au 'be 1T af
february o,cr til, signatures; by nrtfr
of the Milllyjown i'rait Preserving Ca. =
| am ut loss 10 kuv vh9 this loud.
sounding company Is know tint enr
7r two comp uiys ytra chlrtgradt@n years
eso Is the Legislature f,r Milllco own,
aud quite an arra9 ot names nrUiiangl IN
.ail charters; IN, hye narr siuce
hoard of the Organization Of said compl-
nies, or 4 one dollar Icing phil in, md
f here lri me ,ay, admire tl4eif COL sense
l1r /; sail correspondent, assumes a caal
deal 10 himself. or think, he doe, when
hr says h. i a e9uuer # uine yeafs ~,anl.
i il. 4 great m4ny al women aan anti
+ date HAT ty many years, nnl i j. thr
general In wlela, aiming III masses wAa
have iamili,- AMI ~. up irait lar than-
j SELVES that li, destroyed tha fruit canning
+ establishments. lnt not hurt til grow.
cr or producer Of peaches Forwhs, old.
+ l. II If lye hundred, or iga thanstul Or
i five hundred thousand people pn' up
/ peaches. 50 the wants of The pa,ian I, sup
plicl. for after Nil there is ~ great .cefe,
in canning have r,gcip. from ~
ted Baltimore cAuuer. to put ur Ill kinds
# fruits, vegetables. meats, aud oysters
| never pail much attention to MI rs a.
tail, The oil process in putting NJ
peaches WI, TO cook them first then solder
up hot The Bal,imnr, process Is lie
fastest, which is ,1 I'll aud solder e9ll,
then steam nr boil certain time.
There are new method. 10 prcserg. fruit
coming up every year. Four or five year,
ago man from Ohio came 10 Washington
Market. Nrw York. and made quito a .tn-
satien, aud came very near selling rights
at high prices II WIS 10 put up peaches
just as You pulled them off The trees, il
glass or other jars. and some pieces 81
charcoal in with them as an absurhlnt
then pump the air out ana by a certain
arrangement clos, tight II was sent Ia
me 20 try, before certain parties bought
for did no, believe it would answer
bought half gross Of gallon glass jars
and some tin gallon cans, and gave it a
fair trial 1t was humbug. could for
three or four weeks keep peaches 70 look
very natural through the glass, but they
were sour. Then came this Alien Pro
cess. and since then. think another sim.
liar to it, for. at one Of our Dover pcacl
meetings. we lost about one hous listening
to a man read over pamphlet on the sub
jeot. Since then, and only few day
ago. MIR Fulton secretary of our peacl
growers association At Dover showed m,
some plums sent to him by some man VIII
had another new process. They were il
n ten gallon wooden keg. one head on,
, There was a swccti.h water in with tn
plnms, and think some chemical propar
alton put in to prevent fermentation |