Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-10-18
AN IMPORTANT INDUSTRY.
WIN, the Jeliy Compnu, nre Doing.

AN IMPORTANT INDUSTRY.
whnt the JclIy COMPANY ARE Doing.
The Brattleboro Jelly company now have
their works in full operation ON the seasons
apple crop, and the process Of manufacture
is an interesting one The apparatus is prob
ably the most complete anywhere in use for
this purpose 80 horse power boiler fur
nishes steam TO do the work Of evaporation,
and to run the - horse power engine which
drives the grating mill pump, etc. In the
basement are bins with capacity for GOOO
bushels The fruit is assorted with care,
and all unsound apples are discarded. sixty
bushels Of apples are ground for each run,
and the juice is pressed out by hydraulic
force. These apples produce POO gallons Of
cider, which runs into tanks in the cellar,
and is pumped from them as wanted into
tank on the second floor Of the large build
ing, from which it is fed into the evapora
tor. This consists Of long. deep wooden
box, divided lengthwise into two compart-
ments in the bottom Of which are about
hundred feet of steam pipes The cider
enters in a continuous stream at one end
aud passes over the hot pipes TO the other,
returning in the opposite compartment aud
being drawn of as Jelly, ready to be poured
into tumblers, boxes pals, cooled, labeled,
and packed for shipment. There is no
guess work about the process. thermom
eter stands in the end Of the compartment
from which the jelly is drawn out when
this indicates POO Of heat the work is done
and the product is drawn off. Starting
with cold cider, Jelly is made in three min
utes from the time it enters the evaporator.
A wood evaporator is found to be far supe-
oil. g bat- nfnl nd
this with the rap1ity Of the process gives
a Jelly Of remarkable clearness and of very
fine flavor This years product surpasses
that Of any previous one in quality, and
finds ready sale 1t is certainly one of
the choicest food delicacics ever put upon
the market. The capacity Of the evapora
tor is from three to five barrels an hour,
and its daily product is from 1000 to POGO
pounds There are special arrangements
for sweetening the jelly, and that in which
maple sugar is being used eXperimentally is
likely to prove an especially desirable arti
Gle. A new venture Of the company this
year is the making Of "old fashioned cider
appesauce 10y steam process.
Along with their other business the com
pany are steadily pushing the work Of the
maple sugar exchange. The syrup, which
is now being put up in small, attractive
packages. is remarkably fine both in color
and flavor, and retains to the full its true
maple aroma IL "hiN needs 20 oecoihe
known to the people West aud East that
such an article can be had for household
use during the fall and winter, as fresh and
choice in the early spring, to assure the
sale Of ever gallon that can he made.
AT GETTYSBURG.
The Brattleboro people who attended the
Gettysburg exercises last week all came
home filled with pleasure and satisfaction
at the delightful time enjoyed there. The
occasion seems, indeed, to have been a
rarely suspicious one. The weather was
fine, the attendance of Nermonters was
large. aud the exercises were arranged and
carried out with unusual discretion aud
good taste. The old soldiers viewed. with
emotions that can only Ice imagined, the
field which they last saw amid the shock
and smoke Of the dreadful conflict, while
civilians then for the first time got All al
equate conception Of the magnitude Of the
decisive battle which was then ~aged The
Brattleboro delegation consisted Of Col II
r. Taylor Of the governors staff, Col rs
tey DR.. Ioltnn, Col and Mrs Fuller, Col
and Mrs Hooker, Cleo f.. Greene and wife
Maj Bond, f. II Putnam. Ornan Prescott
II. q NeWcomb. l.. Fay Bow ker, W W.
Walker, F. Il Pettee
Two incidents related Toy members Of the
Brattl-horo party are worth recording As
four of the delegation were climbing Round
Top they came upon veteran Of the l2lst
4 Iii I.l lt.t Lost