The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-06-26
DRIEN APPlE PICS

Where the Apes OF Which They are
Made Come fonl, and How They Arc
Prepared-Ths Dried Fruit Business in
General.
People who live at boarding-houses
poke fun at ne dried apple pies fur
nished by ther benevolent landiaiies-
and then eat he pies. In this way vast
quantities ofdried apples are consumed
in the cours Of year. There is no
use talking said a leading wholesaler,
who had been thinking some on this
matter, dried apples cut very i'm
portant figure IN trade-and so, indeed,
do dried ruits Of all kinds you'd be
astonishet if you knew what proper
tons thu dried fruit business had
reached Millions OF dollars are invest
Cd in it throughout the country, and
right here in st. Paul the sales Of dried
fruits amount to several hundred dollars
annually. That surprises YOU, but it's
so. There seems 10 be no doubt about
this. Dried fT0its are always popular
when green traits are out Of season, and
in tbs section, where there IS very little
fruit grown, there is always q GOOD de-
mand for them. There was q time
not very long ag0-when about the only
kinds OF fnllt put through the drying
process was the apple. There were
always peaty Of dried apples to be
had. New Englanders remember how
The drying process Was carried on
how the apples were pared and eat up,
and layed ont on big trays in the sun
to dry Sometimes they We're strung ND
on long string, aud hung in festoous
from the rafters in the attic; and when
the lady OF the house wished to bake
Hp batch OF dried apple pies for the
family, She would Just cut q yard or
two of Of one of the strings. The mar
kets were supplied from ali the farms,
and the dried apple trade was d great
business even in the olden Time. Then
people began to dry other fruits more
extensively, and processes We're invented
known as evaPorating processes, by
which large quantities of fruit were
dried at once and in a short space Of
time. To-day nearly all kinds OF fruit
are offered for sale in the dried state
the LIST including peaches, pears, Plums,
prunCs, nectarines, blackberries. raSp-
berries, cherries and grapes Some
kinds OF garden truck also undergo the
drying process, and dried pumpkin pie
can be had rs well rs dried apple pie.
The cvaporating process hasn't rcvo-
lutionized by any means the old-3a5h-
Toned sun-drying process. Still, evapOra-
ton has come to be quite common on
large farms in the East and South. TIE
cyap2rators are Of various kinds, bui in
general appearance they are ali the
same. At tho bottom is a furnace 2nd
above it is a high, narrow structure
which looks Ike a wooden chimney.
Within the chimney the evaporation IS
carried on by one process or another.
In one Of the most popular machines Of
the kind the fruit is carried along ON an
endless belt in trays which revolye
above the heater until properly dried.
Seine eyaporatora can he taken 10 pieces
and carried from place to place, and
these are rented to farmers. This,
then, is the way eyaToratcd fTui5 Is
turned out. Il don't think thu r. :.
much difference in the quality of the
machine dried stuff aud the sun
dried was the opinion expressed
by the grocer. III you notice,
the cyaporatad fruit locks much
clearer ard more tempting than The sun
dried. Something is used for bleaching
it. Select fruit Is also generally Il esi
by the cv&porators, and in the case q
cvarorated apples, the cores are cleared
letter from the fruit ! don't think the
favor is any better, however, and when
it comes to the que ton Of cost, thl
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