El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1896-12-23
USE FOR APPLE CORES.
Thriving Industry Created by Uti;-
ization Of Waste Material
Immense Quantities of apple Waste
Converted Into Various Articles
Which Have q Market
Value.

y new industry, hitherto but little
followed, is just assuming Importance
1t is known as the apple waste indus
try.
Be as reckless and extravagant as you
please, it is impossible, according to 4
modern philosopher, to waste. There
is nothing in the great cosmos which
cannot be utilized. There is no such
thing as excess or superfluity, for all
can be reused.
The apple waste industry is a new Oc-
cupation which demonstrates and
proves the value of waste and the wis
dom of the modern philosopher The
new industry is an outgrowth of that
vast one of the evaporation of apples,
whose product is called by. grocers,
dried apples.
In the preparation of the apple for
evaporation, the core is cut out neatly
by the knife of the pairing machine,
simultaneously with the pairing process.
The apple pulp is then sliced, treated to
| Il sulphur steaming, in order to main e
tain its fresh hue, and it is ready for
| packing. Formerly the core and par
| ing were shoveled together and
burned. Many tons of it were con-
| sumed and thousands of dollars fed to
the roaring fires of furnaces.
But it was discovered that the core
| and skin of the apple contained gela-
| tinous properties, as we'll as an acid,
which, under proper conditions, would
excite alcoholic fermentation. The
evaporators of southern Michigan hit
upon the discovery first, and imme-
diately began to prepare for market the
immense amount of waste" daily gath
cred together. A number of young girls
were employed at 80 cents a day. This
cheap labor made the expense small,
The waste product was subjected to
the same steaming and heat as in evap-
Grafton, and sulphurized to prevent dis
coloration from the atmosphere.
The evaporated waste was then
shipped to commission merchants.
Jelly manufacturers recognized the
value of its gelatinous properties, and
the wine merchants were convinced of
its ferInenting tendencies. \ great de
Inand for it was thus created and the
evaporators have created from it an in
dustry equal in size to their original
business in the preparation of the pulp.
South Water street commission mer-
chants always have it on hand, and
quote it at about one cent per pound.
Jelly manufacturers buy it at that price
by the car load and use il exclusively iii
the preparation of the cheaper jellies.
In the manufacture of jelly, the skin
and core of the apple is boiled down
10 a pulpy consistency. 1t is then |
strained in immense collenders, and |
boiled again with the addition of IS per |
cent. glucose to 25 per cent. of the APP
pie waste" To tbs colorless apple |
jelly, different fiavors and coloring mat
ter are added. and the product is sold |
i'll the form of peach, currant, straw
berry, apricot, or pineapple jelly. |
whichever you may call for.
In the manufacture of champagne in |
France. immense car loads OF apple |
waste are used. Great ship loads OF |
it are yearly taken in at Ilavre and dis
tributed over the south of France. The
waste" is used with grape juice to ex
cite fermentation. 1t is also largely |
used in the preparation of cheap wines
and cider. However, it must be noted
that in the apple waste" which is
shipped abroad a great deal of what
is called apple chops" finds its way.
Apple "chops" are the sliced, evaporat-
ed apples, not perfect enough for pack
ing. 1t would be almost impossible to
extract juice enough from the skin and
core to warrant their use without the
CHOPS" In this country, where APP
piles are plentiful and very cheap, cider
distillers use the whole fruit and do
not use waste"
The process of jelly-making in Chi
cago. especially of the cheaper kind. has
taken an immense stride forward of
late. A stupid story has been exploded,
D., La |
ployed men and boys to go about the
streets and pick up discarded apple
cores. Also it was said that. they de-
rive part of their supply from private
trade with economical housekeepers,
and pie factories. This is
an error. The apple waste which is
used comes exclusively from evapora-
ton factories, and is handled only by
merchants. The market
value rarely varies from one cent per
pound. and the employment of force
IF street gatherers would add eX-
expense, which would rem
Ter its use almost impossible, consider
ing the fact that apples may be pur-
biased at so cents per barrel.
The apple waste" in pie factories |
Zach year amounts to innumerable car
Dads. In the neighborhood of these
families are constantly
kept supplied with as much as they
AN carry away. Among the poorer
they have long ago discovered
" necessity and inventiveness, the
worth of the waste" To them bread |
md butter was once the daily ration;
now bread and apple jam stays the
bangs of hunger.-Chicago Times
Herald.
His Passion.