Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-01-30
SALEM, Jan. 20, 1889.
mo Ryanorated Fruit Industry.
OBSERVER.

Tho Evaporated Fruit Industry
The following, from Broadstreet's s
Commercial Reporter, regarding the
status of the evaporated fruit indus
try in the vieinage of Rochester, N.
Y, gives some idea of the vast pos
sibilities of the future of Oregon,
and the Willamette valley, of which
Salem is the garden spot, in this
direction:
"Rochester, n. Y, is the recogniz-
ed centre 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 to all of the leading mar
kets of the world. No finer fruit is
produced on the continent than is
grown in the territory embraced un-
der the name of western New York,
comprising some twelve of the most
fertile and richest counties of the
Empire State. The cultivation of
fruit, especially apples, has super
ceded all other agricultural products,
and has proved the most remuner-
ative to the growers. The orchards
of the farming community are the
chief sources of their wealth, and
the industry is prosecuted with un-
abated vigor, largely aided by the
experience, skill and resources of
the great nurseries of Rochester,
famed throughout the world.
Whether due to this proximity, the
favorable climate and soil, or the
superior and skillful cultivation of
the orchardist, one thing is certain,
that the apples of western New York,
are sought with avidity, and bring
relatively higher prices than those
grown in any other portion of the
country.
"Thesuccess and magnitude of the
evaporation industry is due largely
to the fine quality of the fruit, easily
and cheaply procurable in abundant
quantities, and alsoto the enterprise
Of the producers in adopting new
and improved evaporators and ma
chinery in place of the crude process
in vogue years ago, producing there
by quality of fruit fully as good
and palatable to the sight and taste
as though it were in the fresh or un-
injured state. Thousands of tons of
apples are produced every season
from quality of fruit heretofore
wasted and allowed to rot on the
ground, and which now forms nice
income to the grower. 1t is in the
of these waste products
that the desieeatiOn of fruit becomes
a valuable and Indispensable adjunct
to every fruit grower, and the busi-
ness may be considered as yet in its
infancy.
"Within a radius of forty mi les
of Rochester there are more than
1900 evaporatOrs, from the small
farmhouse drier of a capacity of
twenty five bushels a day, to the
large steam evaporators, drying 800
to 1000 bushels of apples each TWEEN
ty four hours. These evapOrators
give employment during the
autumn and early winter months to
Mt least $4,000 hands, who average
from IS to $12 week, according to |
and usefulness. New |
factories are erected every season,
proving that the business is profit
able when properly and economically |
Constant care and
cleanliness are the first
elements of success in evaporating
good fruit"
Add to this our vast crop of
prunes, for which Oregon is famous,
cherries, of which there are none
better, peaches, the best on earth,
md all other fruits,and the future of
Oregon is indeed brightly cOlored.