The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-26
EVAP0RATED FRUIT.
GLIMPSE OF THE DRIED FRUIT IN
OUSTRY OF WESTERN NEW YORK.
Tho Orchards Of mo Farming Community
the Chief Sources of Their Wcaiih-Ex-
tent Of the Drying Business-Cost OF
Transportation--Consu

'thb VI Ahc ing Dtsiut>. OF
Consumption.
Rochester is the recognized center Of the
evaporated and dried fruit Industry Of the
United States, which during recent years has
assumed very large PROPORTIONS. the goods
being shipped in large quantities b all Of the
leading markets Of the world. 20 finer fruit
is produced on this Continent than is grown
IN the territory embraced under the name OF
Western New y r1. comprising some twelve
Of Che most fertile aud richest counties Of
the Empire state The cultivation Of fruit,
especially apples, las superseded all other
agricultural pro.le-, and has proved the
most remuucrative % the growers. The ~
charts OF the farming community are the
chief sources Of their wealth. and tho inius-
try ispro.eruted with tma5a,ed vig0r, largely
aided by the experience, sall ard resources
of the grsq. nurseries az Rochester, famed
throughout the word
Thousands Of tons of apples are produced
every SEASON from d quality Of fruit hereto
fore wasted AMI allowed 90 rot on TIE
ground and which TOW forms q nice income
10 tie grower IL j. in the utilization of these
wee produces that the de,iccat.0n Of fri!t
becomes IA valuable aud Indispensable adjunct
70 every frat grower. and the business may
becoas.derei as yet Il its infancy.
EXTENT OF THE BUSINESS.
Within a radius Of forty miles Of Rochester
there are more than ! 200 evaporatos, from
the small farm house drier, Of a capacity Of
twenty-five bushels a day, 70 the large steam
eyaporators, drying SD % 1000 bushels OF
apples each twentyfour hours. These eva
porators give employ nent during the autumn
and early winter months . az least 5000
hands, who average from q 70 Sl2 week,
according to experience and usefulness.
New factories arc ero,tsd every season, prov
Ing that the business is profitable when pro-
pcrly and economically conducted Constant
care and scrupulous cleanliness are the first
elements OF success in evapOrating good
fruit
The production during the season Of 1857
may be well considered the largest since the
inception OF the business some fifteen years
ago. 4 careful estimate places the total
quantity at about ~. O)00OO pounds, worth al;
first cost some 100000 To produce this
quantity Of apples it required 100000 bush
cls Of apples, -, COO tons anthracite coal, and
the constant attendance, night and day, Of
an army Of men, women and children, NUM-
boring $500 70 10000 Tho water eiiEi-
mated in the process Of evaporation amounted
10 22j,OOO tons, reducing the bulk Of the green
fruit 70 about 0ne-eighth Of It's original
weight, each 100 pouncs yielding when prop
orly cyaporated twelve pounds on an aver
ace. Tho fruit is usually packed in cases OF
two cublt feet measurement. holding fifty
pounds net, the produc7 Of say eight and one
half bushels Of green apples
COST or TRANSFORMATIONS.
The advantages IN FREE yht alone will be
apparent from tho following comparison,
showing the cost % shipping ono case TO
Liverpool, England, which at existing
freight rates will cost a little less than thirty
cents, wa.le in the green or fresh state in
F barrels the samo quantity would cost $2.2j,
anG 20 the canned state almost S2l0, without
considering the determination OF the green
.ui5 ard the dangers o. fermentation 10 the
canned article the apple in the eFapOrated
state being transported without any danger
Of deterioration or decay. Tho refuse Of the
apples, such as tho parings ard cores are
G.icd and form tie Lase OK all the cheap jel-
lies manufactured ct present. The guam
tity produced last season will aggregate some
l20GlCJ0 pouads. so that not particle Of
tie fruit is wasted
The principal consuming countries abroad
ere Germany, England Belgium, Holland
aal France, in which tie new product has
entirely displaced the Oil fashioned sun dried
frrit There were shipped alone TO France
during 1857 some 1900 barrels Of a quality
known as chopped or sliced apple, which is
dried without being either pared or cored,
and is used chiefly Tor TIE production Of
cider, cheap viccs and Oscillation when the
vineyards Of France suffer from the phylloz-
era Some 100000 pounds were exported
during the season, OF which more than one
half were shipped from Rochester, Brad
streets.