New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-30
THE lurrIclN cRJNEEEEi ABROAD
ITS FIGHT FOR REcoGNlTIoN AND rs FINAL
ACCEPTANCE ~ ENGLAND


What would Thanksgiving BE- without TN, Gran,
berry? They have not the festival IN Europe ana
they DO rot know ihe fr",t, LION san hant ~ ~.
forts now being made 10 iniroiuc" TINS luscious
reputation for Itself both In Great Britain ana on
thu Continent. folio wing in the footsteps Of Am '''
Last years WAS the biggest crop ever gathered in
;he 'nif..d Sfafes-0Ver lWDWD bushes ana IN"
iemi ~ ,ber produci 70 pay ihe expenses OF intro
duclng cranberries in England y. j. Hlier oi
purp6se ON reaching Liverpool he found in that
city only one dealer in crdnberries. Snal slrI III
self .'Secause they tasted ike medicine She only
sold them to few American 49,. f., r.,,
only Americans ate cranberries which to The ma
tives deicacy unknown About ~ nnsn" ,
az them were imported from the | nit"d states an
nuaIly Nothing daunted the American prola
gandist went to the leading hotels ana ran,
berries Which he furnished. They were at first IN
credulous then delighted, and finally eager 10 oH'T
Cards appeared at the restaurants reading. Amer
lean Cranberries Served To-day" At one popular
ealing house cranberries occurred in five places
on the bin Of fare. The small gin already men,
she could renew it. and within "A few days eight
other hucksters Oh the same aisle IN inc matkee
we're dealing In cranberries IL was POSITIVE
At Manchester. Dublin. belfast Gnsgow "a ana
similar fashion. and like results followed cram
berries placed on sale by the arr h MEAN.
described had one unwecome result. i"ita ION
%
on the market. causing prices TO dror. ms "as
wholly unexpected, and for tims !, ooHen on as
berrIes TO cap the climax. Russian berries were
sold by INSCRIPTIONS dealers at a lover price uh
dar tho name of american cranoerrics
oer h . yamkee agent made an Investigation and dis
covered that the Russian berries were OF an N
cranberries and not considered NJ FOR food having
very bitter and punsent taste 10 IT,, UNI ~ms ,or
and by threats Of prosecution the dealers were
ar,l " n
r.m cr3Snborres under thcm. and sales rapidly N
creased while the fraudulent article couIh scarcely
DC so.a Of cTanberrlea accompanied by receipts
were gracously accepted by Her Ma'rsy thr '''er r
OF the propagandlsis YORK Tas 70 ,cach , o ,
how cook the fruit Wi WIN c rnr ira Er9pe
rance OF proper methods OF cookery sthnd IN ~"
ling over the agent found that The cook was using
metal utensils In the preparation OF me !ll
ONLY porcelain or enamecd ware ought to be used,
bcre,,sc cranborries ontain sulphuric ana othcr
acids which act on coDper, ron anu 'h ," ~ ~
spoi the flavor OF the fruit.
i0n each Of the paper bags supplied by the agents
10 retailers were printed Instructions for cooking
Every person who bought pound OF frnt had me- re-
CENTS for preparing It IN variety Of ways The
cranberry literature distributed in England has been
translated into the Danish ianguaGe whl'n als n
for Denmark Norway and Sweden and 1t VIII be
rendered into French and German Dealers IN n1r
limited quantities OF the berries at regular inter
for American corn abroad. is Interesting himself in
the introduction Of cranberrics on the Continent.
Mr.. Riders most interesting ana hdtSldcloiy OK
perIencc was with the English Jam makers. The
magnitude Of the jam business In that country IS
astonishing One factory Liverpool covers
seven acres OF ground and has capacity of $50
tons per day. This is only one Of score Of estab-
dreds Of less size; The British are tam-lovng and
They not knox nSw
hollow at making jam
Well the lam manufacturers would not have any
| thing 10 say to the Yankee agent. They had no
time to grant interviews requested, inasmuch as
they felt not the slightest interest In cranberries.
Nevertheless. eight OF the most prominent OF them
changed their minds and now experimenting
with cranberrfes with view to the production OF
jam for the market. They have already learned
how to make a cranberry Jam that Is far better
than any American brand and II 10 not unlikely to
II ssla On this side Of The ocean before loug.