The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-08-18
County and City Official Press.
Friday, August lS, 1876.
FRUIT CANNING IN SAN
FRANCISCO.

A late issue Of tho Sa1 Francisco
Chronicle contains a long article on the
business Ct fruit preservation IL the
Bay city, from which. as Washington
Territory is champion fruit region
and Seattle has especial advantages
adapting it as the centre Of such an in
dustry. we reproduce the following ex-
tracts rs being of local interest and
suggest:yeness.
AZ present there are six promi-
nent firms IN this city engaged in
the canning business Luss & Co,
eating & Co. Code. EIieidt i Co.
James King Of Willism & Co. Sol
Wagcnhcim & Co, and \ Goetcin, of
Hayes Valley. The total capital invest
cd ia the business is estimated TO be
over Al GOO 600. and the value Of the
goods tsrned out betwccn 81 800 900
and $500. 900. During the busy SEA-
son employ ment il given 10 nearly .
600 men. womeu and children, and every
year the business Increases a. the fruit
becomes cheaper aud the demand for
the product becomes greater The fol-
lowing statistics Of the quantity of
fruit purchased and put up by these
establishments during the season of
1870. With the average prices paid there
for, will undoubtedly bee of interest:
Appricots. $50 tons at &c .... ........ So. 900
Pears 800 tons, AZ Sc ..-................. Is 600
Peaches. 10 tons. At Observation-Disclosures. Is 900
Cherries. Is tons at gc.-...-..............s5 500
currsnts ij2 tons. st 81 30
This shows that the am, INT paid by
the Gamers for these five varieties of
fruit alone was 500. 40.
The quantities Of other fruits aud
vegetables canned were about as fol-
lows: Tomatoes. 500 tons. black berries
10 tons; raspbcrsics. 81 tons; sugar
peas, 62. tons; sting beans, u tons;
green corn, 30 tona; strawberries, 80
tons: with about the same quantity of
nectarines and quinces The factories
also turned out over lao tons Of Jams
and jellies. Another branch IF the
business Is the manufacture uf vinegar
and ca'sups. of which the figures show
that roo burrele II tho former and over
500 barrels of the latter were made dur
ing the year. This showing. while very
cre,iitsble indeed will b. almost
doahled the coming season.
But the process Of canning and the
expensive shipping East Of green fruit
il by no means the only way If pre-
serving the products of our orchards
The process of preservation 10y drying.
recently Introduced. has become i'm
mensely popular aud profitable In
fact, the drying process has mt with
such success that the dry fruit is eager
ly sought after in tho Eastern cities,
and brings higher prices than the
canned article. A feature of the dried
product is tha. IL Is freed from all waste
(from sixty To eighty per cent of all
fruit and vegetables being wster), II
put up IN shape To keep. tao matter
how little may be used. and can b.
transported 10 distant markets NJ \
small cost aud without particle of
risk. In this State factories are located
At San Lorenzo. Centcrvi'le. san jose
Sonoma, Sehastopol. Jackson. Eacaville
Los Angeles. aud Anaheim. with several
new ones in diff rent parts of the State
IN process of erection for the work of
the coming season. In Oregon there
are six factories. aud the combined ca
pscity OF all ON the coast is about 1 500
tons OF an assortment Of fruits for the
working season o. tuur months
The above facts aud figures relative
10 the present method OF disposing of
tho frui. crop will not only interest
frait-growers but every citizen of the
State of Csli.ori,a Fruit growing
must ever hc al important branch
shall We say the most important Of the
so-called farming industries I