The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-10-04
The Dried Apple Factory.

Next to the Tannery the dried apple fac
tory, recently established by Messrs. ID.
Wing & Bro, of Rochester, n. Y, is the
greatest work Luray is sustaining at pres
ent. AS the enterprise is new one in
this cOunty--thc first one. we suppose,
ever opened in the Page Valley--a brief
description of it may interest our readers,
many OF whom are large fruit growers.
The machinery, OF rather the implements,
used in the factory are few and simple,
consisting of furnaces, trays. selves, evap-
orators, bleacher and bearers. The fur
naces, three in number, which are moth
ing more than large odd-shape stoves. en-
cased in galvanized-iron cylinders, are
seated ON the first floor, and are heated
with COAL The hot air in the cylinders,
mentioned above, is carried through large
tin pipes to the evapOrators on the second
floor. The evaporators are about eight
feet high, ten by four at the base, and six
by four at the top, glass doors, and lined
throughout with asbestos. In these the
fruit is placed on wire selves, where in
about four hours it isthoroughly dried and
ready for shipment. The preparation of
the fruit for the evaporators is all made on
the first floor. The bearers, which peal,
core and slice, are arranged on tables, one
hands operating each machine. For this
6 cents per bushel is paid. An expert
hand can peel from twelve to fifteen BUSH
els per day. 1t is next placed in the
bleacher, in which process sulphur is
largely used. The capacity Of the factory
is about 800 bushels of green apples per
day. The price paid is from 20 to 30 cents
per bushel, according to size and quality,
though almost any apple that is sound can
be used. There is no loss OF waste in any
shape, as the cores and Feelings are also
dried. These are used in making jellies
of every variety, strawberry, raspberry,
pineapple, ETC., etc. The number of hands
employed when the factory is running at
it's full capacity is from forty to fifty.
Messrs. Wing & Bro, buy at their place in
Luray OF at any station on the S. V. r. r.
apples in any quantity. Their establish
ment is in charge of Mr.. F. A. Hopkins, a
and any of our people having business with
him will find him fair and square in every
transaction. Page Cauaier.
lContlnued.1
CHAPTER II.
wonderful and mysterious curative power
is developed which is so varied in it's oper-
ations that no disease or ill health can pos
sibly exist OF resist it's power, and yet it
is
Harmless for the most frail woman
weakest invalid OF smallest child to use.
patients
almost dead or nearly dying
For years, and given up by physicians of
Bright's and other kidney diseases, liver
complaints, severe coughs called cOnSump-
tion, have been cured.
Women gone nearly crazy!
From agony of neuralgia, nervousness,
wakefulness and various diseases peculiar
to women. m
People drawn out of shape from excru-
ciating pangs of Rheumatism.
Infammatory and chronic, or suffering
from ScrOfula 9DfH
Erysipelas b. ss5
\ Salt rheum, blood poisoning, dyspepsia,
indigestion, and in fact almost all diseases
frail ass@
Nature is heir to fa~
Have been cured by Hop Bitters, proof
of which can be found in every neighbor-
hood in the known world.