The herald., 1897-05-08
obtained for other varieties. 1t was said

obtained for other varieties. 1t was said
to be good bearer also.
In answer to the question as to what
tool was the best for use in cultivating
the orchard there was a long discussion.
James Boyd of Riverside thought the
riding cultivator absolutely no good
The chisel tooth cultivator was the best
for heavy soils, although other kinds
might be Just as good for lighter soils.
Too many teeth would not work in
bearing soils. The spring tooth culti-
vator was the best in many respects.
If it struck a root it would slide over it
and not break.
DR.. Edison Smith of Santa Ana would
run his cultivator so deep that there
would be no roots to strike near the sur
face. If root is found too near the sur
face is should be cut out SO as not to be
in the way the next time.
A. p. Griffith of Azasa read a very in
tereeting paper on evaporated and sui
phured fruits. Dried fruits must be put
up in shape to please the eye but it was
more necessary to put them up so as to
please the palate. Evaporated fruits
look best and sell best. Would use only
a very limited amount of sulphur in
drying fruits; from five to ten minutes
exposure to the sulphur fumes was
enough for either apricots, peaches or
pears. They should be dried by artiii-
cial heat and put up in neat, attractive
packages, go that they could be easily
handled by the grocers and become pop
ular with the consumer Each package
should contain one or more recipes for
cooking 1t for the table. People, after
trying the evaporated fruit will call for
it again, whereas the sun dried fruit
that is highly sulphured will attract
the eye at first but it will not please
the taste and therefore the purchaser
will not call for it a second time if he
can do better When brand is once
established keep it up to the standard
SO that it can be relied upon. The east
! is demanding this class of goods. 1t
requires from ten to twelve hours to
thus dry the fruit A dryer with a ca
pacity of ton of green fruit will cost
about $500. A much larger dryer will
cost less in proportion. He uses the
Swan process. An apricot dried in the
sun is dried until it becomes light and
shriveled and inferior in flavor If dried
in a high temperature it retains more OF
the moisture and flavor Of the fruit, as
the fruit is partially cooked. He could
not make as fine, transparent fruit by
the Swan process as he could by the sui
phur process, but the fruit was better
Favored. He had tested almonds and
walnuts that had been sulphured and
they were invariably inferior in flavor
although superior in appearance.
D. Edison Smith claimed that if the
walnuts had cracked shells, as many OF
the soft shell varieties had, the sulphur
fumes would affect the quality of the
kernel; if the shell was not cracked the
sulphuring would not affect the quality
He had dryer but he could not afford
to run it as it was too expensive, when
run either with wood or oil. He could
not successfully dry fruit in the sun un-
less 1t was sulphured.
He now uses sulphured fruit in his family
and prefers it. He soaks the dried apricots
for twenty-four hours in cold water ano
then pours off the water The fruit is then
fine and has none of the sour taste i'm
parted to the fruit by the sulphuring pro-
cess. The fruit should be perfectly ripe
when picked for drying. In this way sui
phured fruit tastes better NNlan unsui'
phured fruit and looks better. In the cast
of pears the difference in favor of the
sulphured fruit is more marked. He pick
his prunes fully ripe, dips them into boil
ing lye and puts them out to dry withou
washing off the lye. Thus dried they ar,
sweeter than others are after being sweet
ened He sulphurs the apricot until thu
cup formed by the pit is filled with juice
1t takes from two to six hours to sulphur
the fruit.
Byron o. Clark, on the other hand
thought that the sulphuring of fruit should
be prohibited by law. He did not find that
The soaking of sulphured apricots restored
them to sweetness, as reported by Mr.
Smith.
| c. c. Thompson of Pasadena would dry
by the sulphur process until some better
plan was discovered.
| Mrs. Mary Lynde Craig of Redlands read
very valuable paper on Recommendation
of Home Grounds"