The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-18
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At the present time we are in the
midst of the harvest Of the peach crop.
The city of Greenville is overwhelmed
with wagon loads, cart loads and buggy
loads of the luscious fruit, while the
negro women and little darkies are to
be seen on every street with baskets
and buckets and tubs and bags filed
with the rich products of the orchards.
So numerous are the calls at every door
that housekeepers are not only fully
supplied at begging prices, but are an
noyed to the point of evaporation with
unceasing door-rapping and sing-song
query "Want to buy some nice
peaches?' The daily scene is doubt
less familiar one to the people of most
of the cities, towns and villages Of the
State. The shipment Of peaches to the
Northern cities from many points in
Aiken, Barnwell, Edgefield, Newberry,
Graenville, Abbeville and other couties
have been quite heavy, and prices at
the beginning of the season afforded
fair margin Of profit. But these mar
kets are now too well supplied for
prices to remain remunerative, and the
bulk of the crop is yet on hand. Here
and there, in some sections. the brandy
distillery is quite active; but the con-
sumption in this line is very small.
Fruit evaporators are few and far be-
tween; sun-drying is generally de-
layed for the later varieties, because of
the general belief that these are the
best for the purpose, and withal thous-
ands of bushels of choice, nutritious,
health-giving fruit rot under the trees
on which it grew.
In this state Of affairs, is not the cam
ming factory a much needed institu-
ton in almost every township in the
State? Perhaps the word factory"
sounds too pretentious for some people,
and the question should be put differ
emily: Why do not entcrprsing busi-
ness men-farmers rs well as others
90 into the canning business:
To some people the fruit crop is ap-
parently of little value, and it is re-
garded as kind of volunteer growth
that comes and goes with the season,
costing next to nothing and can only
amount to 4 passing delicacy to he en-
joyed only once in the year. The logic
of the matter, however, is this: The
fruit crop has cost money, pains and
labor, year by year. Much OF The
growers time, brain work, capital and
the energies of his land and money
have been expended in its production.
All oar fruits contain much that IS
noarishing to the body: besides: they
impart health to the system and ere
| tie easiest to take of all medicines.
They are natures remedy for many hu-
man diseases. Properly used in the
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as food, being far more wholesome and
nutritious than much else that we eat,
such as the meat of the hog. The means
Of preserving fruits and vegetables by
canning seems to be simple and easy,
once few unlmportant points are un-
derStood. 1t is done with but little
machinery. and an outfit for the busi-
ness is not necessarily costl-, as a
small plant can be successfully opera
ted as we'll as 4 large one.
We have heretofore urged the i'm
portance of the canning business, ami
We repeat it now in an opportune time
10 impress the subject upon the people
OF every section Of the state. We in
dulge the hope that the canning husi-
ness will come to the rescue of the far
mers and avoid the waste of future
crops of valuable fruit.