Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-02-19
USE FOR APPLE CORES;
Thriving Industry Created by Uti..
i2ation of Waste Material
srsmerse Quantities OF "AppIc Waste
Converted into Various Articles
which Have a Market
Value.


\ new industry, hitherto evt little
followed, is just assuming Importance.
1t is known as the apple waste" Indus
Try.
BE as reckless and extFavagapt as YOU
please, II Is impossible, according Go a
modern philosopher. 30 waste, There
is nothing in the great cosmos which
cannot pc utilized. There Is mo such
thing as excess or superfi uity. for oil
can be reused.
The apple waste industry Is new oc-
cppation which demonstrates and
proves the value of waste and the wis
! dom Of the modern philosopher. The
new industry is an outgrpwth of that
vast one OF the evaporation OF apples.
whose product is called by groeers,
dried apples.
In the preparation of the apple fof
evaporation, the core is cut out neatly
10y the knife Of the pairing machine.
Simpltapeopsy with the pairing process.
The apple pulp is then SLICED. treated To
sulphur steaming, in order to main
/ tain its fresh hue, and il is ready for
packing. Formerly the core aud par
ing were shoveled together nnd
burned. Many tons OF il were con.
sumed and thousands OF dollars fed to
the roaring fires of furnaces.
But II was discovered that the core
and skin OF the apple contained gela-
ttnous properties. as we'll rs on ncid.
which, under proper conditions, would
excite alcoholic Fermentation. The
rvaporators of southern Michigan hit
upon the discovery first. and imme-
diately began 20 prepare for market the
immense anount OF waste" daily gath
rrcd together. \ number OF young girls
were employed az 30 cents day. This
cheap labor made the expense small.
The waste product was subjected to.
the same steaming and hent as i'm cvap-
Grafton. and splphuri2ed To prevent dis
roloratiop from the atmosphere
The evaporated waste was then
shipped TO commission merchants.
lclly manufacturers recognized the
value OF It's gelutinons properties. and
the wine merchants were convinced OF
Its fermcntinR tendepcirs, 4 great de
nand for il was thus created and the
rvGporators have created from IL an in
lustry equal Ia size to their original
business in the preparation OF the pulp
South Water street commission mer
,hnnts always have IL on sinnd, aud
quote II at about one cent per pound
Jelly manufacturers buy IL nt that price
by the car load and use IL exclusively in
the preparation OF the cheaper iellics.
In the manufacture OF jelly. the skin
and core of the apple is boiled down
10 a pulpy consistency. II is then
strnined In immense collendcrs, and
boiled again with the addition OF - per
sent. glucose to 25 per cent. OF the ap-
pie waste" To this co!orlcSs apple
Jelly. different flavors and coloring mat
ter are added, and the product is sold
In the form of peach. currant, straw.
berry. apricot, or piueapple jelly.
whichever you may call for.
In the manufacture OF champagne In
France. immense car loads OF apple
waste" are used. Great ship loads or
it are yearly taken In at llnvre and dis
iributed over the south Of France. THIS
waste" Is used with grape juice 70 eN.
riic fermentation. IL is also largely
used in the preparation of cheap wines
and cider. However, IL must be noted
that in the apple waste" which Is
shipped abroad great deal OF what
is called apple "chops" finds its way.
Apple "chops" are the sliced, cynporat-
d apples, not perfect enough for packl
ling. Ii would be almost i'm possible TO
rxtract juice enough from the skin and
core TO warrapt their use without the
chops" In this country, where APP
pies are plentiful and very cheap, cider
tlstiilers use the whole fruit and 90
not use "wnste."
The process of jeIly-making is Chi
cago. especially OF the cheaper kind, has
taken an immense stride forward Of
late. A stupid story has been exploded,
that the several large firms here en-
lpIoyed men and boys to go about the
ltreets and pick up discarded apple
cores. Also IL was said that they de-
rive part OF their supply from private
trade with economical hprsekeepers.
restaurants and pie factories. This is
an error. The apple waste which Is
used comes exclusively from evaPora-
tion factories, and is handled only by
commission merchants. The market
value rarely varies from one cent per
pound, and the employment of force
OF street gatherers would add an .eH-
traordinary expense, which would rep
der its use ALMOST impossible, consider.
ing the fact that apples may be pur-
chased al so cents per barrsl.
The 6ppIe waste" in pie factories
EACH year amounts to innumerablc Gar
loads. In the neighborhood Of these
establishments families are constantly
hept supplied with as much as they
can carry away. Among the poorer
districts, they have long ago discovered
by necessity and inventiveness, the
worth of the ''SVaste." To them bread
and butter was once the daily ration;
now bread and apple Jam stays the
pangs of hunger.-Chicngo Times
Herald.
Ills Passion.
The cannifal king smiled upon his