Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-02-19
(5sE FOR APPLE CORES:
Thriving Industry Created by Uti.t
isatlon Of Waste Material.
t'smonso Quantities OF "Appio wnste,,
Converted Into Various Articles
Which Have u Market
Value.

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/ II is known us the apple waste" indus
! Try.
BE as reckless nnd cx,yavagant MS you
please, " y impossible, according 10 n
modern philosopher. to waste, There
j is nothing In the great cosmos which
cnnpot pc utilized. There Is no such
/ thing as excess or supcrluity, for oil
: Gun be reused. ',.
The apple waSte industry Is y new oc-
eppntion which demonstrates and
proves the value of wnste and tho Wis
dom Of the modern philosopher. The
new industry Is un pVtgmwth of thnt
vast one OF the evaporation Of apples,
whose product Is called By grocers,
dried apples.
In the preparation of the apple foi
evaporation, the core IS cut out neatly
by thp knife Of the pairing machine.
simpl ltapeously with the pairing process.
Thq apple pulp is then SLICED, treated to
tnin It's fresh hue, and IL is ready for
packing. Formerly the core and par
ing were shoveled together and
burned Many tons OF Il were con.
sumed and thousands of dollars fed to
the ronring fires of furnaces.
But y was discovered that the core
pnd skin OF the apple contained grln-
ttnous properties, us we'll us On ncid,
which, under proper conditions, would
excite alcoholic fermentation, The
rval,orntors OF southern Michigan hit
upon the discovery first, and inlme.
dintely began TO prepare for market the
immense aipount of waste" daily gath
rrcd together. 4 number OF Young girls
were employed at 20 cents day. This
cheap labor made the expense small.
The waste product was subjected to,
the same otenming md hen, MS in cvnp-
crntion. aud splphuriaed to prevent dis.
colornton from the atmosphere.
The eyaporatcd waste WAS then
shipped to commission merchants.
Jelly manufacturers recognized the
val,ic OF Its gelntinons properties. pnd
the wine merchants were convinced of
Its fcrmcnting tendencies, a great de
mand for it was thus created md thc
rvaporntors have created from II IN in
Iustry equal In size to their original
business in the preparation OF the pulp.
South Water street commission mer
,lunts always have IL on hand, und
quote II ut about one cent per pound
Jelly manufacturers buy IL Mt that price
by the chr load and use II exclusively in
The preparation of the cheaper jellies.
In the manufacture of Jelly. the skin
and core Of the apple is boiled down
10 II pulpy consistency. II Is ,hcn
strained in immense eollcndcrs, and
boiled again with the addition OF 1i por
cent. glucose to 25 per cent. OF the ap
pie waste" TO this co!orlcss apple
jelly. different fpyors and coloring mnt
Ter are added, and the product rs sold
IN the form Of peach, eurrant, straw.
berry. apricot, or pinfappc jelly.
whichever you may call for.
In the manufacture of champagne In
France. immense car londs OF apple
rwaste" are used. Great ship loads OF
II are yearly taken in pt lInvre and dis. !,
tributed over the south Of FRANCE. The
"waste" is used with grape juice 70 ex
ute fermentation. 1t is also largely
used in the preparation OF cheap wines
and cider. However, II must he noted
that in the apple waste" which IL
Is called apple "chops" finds its why.
Apple CHOPS are the sliced, eyaporat-
I'd apples, not perfect enough for pachr
ing. II would be almost impossible to
extract Juice enough from tie sliin aud
core to wnrrapt their use without the
'chops.' In this country, where ap:
pies are plentiful and very cheap, cider
distillers use the whole fruit and do
not use "wnste."
1he process of jelly-mnking Is Chi
eago, especially Of the cheaper kind, hns
taken an immense stride forward OF
late. A stupid story has been exploded,
that the several large firms here en-
pIoyed men and boys to go about the
itrcets and pick up discarded apple
cores. Also, II was said that they de-
rive part OF their supply from private
trade with economical housckcepers.
restaurants and pie factories. This Is
in error. The apple waste which is
used comes exclusively from evapori-
iion factories. and is handled only by
commission merchants. The market
yaluc rarely varies from one cent per
pound, and tho employment nf Q force
OF street gatherers would add On eY-
,raordinary expense, which would rep-
der it's use almost impossible, consider.
ing the fact that apples may be pur-
chased al so cents per barrel.
The epple waste" in pie factories
EACH yenr amounts to innumerablc ear
loads. In the neighborhood of these
establishments families are constantly
Kept 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 'wastc." To them bread
and butter was once the daily ration;
now bread and apple jam stays the
pangs of hunger.-Chicago Times
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