Evening star., 1898-11-10
APPLES IN AMERICA.
Changed Conditions Resulting From
Planting Large Orchards I'm West

CHANGED Condition. Resulting From
Planting Large Orchards I'm West.
From the Boston Evening TrsuscrIpt
Along the Hudson river fruit region and
in the western part OF the state the apple
orchards are shining golden and green
with ;he fruit of another crop and the
growers are anXiously asking themselves
II the low values of two seasons ago are
going to prevail again this year. Every
one at all familiar with the fruit Industry
will remember the heavy depression that
obtained throughout the east in ls,6 when
the tren endous crop OF apples almost ami
Inflated values in many regions. Along the
seaboard Of Massachusetts the writer re-
members seeing placarJs hung from tr.cs
onerlng the apples at IL cents per barrel.
cider apples 10 and N cents delivered al
the mills, and fine and-picked BaldwIns
delivered on the cars at 40 cents a barrel
Considering that the average cost OF nick
ing apples is from 16 To IL cents per bar
rel, sorting, heading and getting To
the railroad cost cents more. and the
average cost of barrels is IL cents IL does
not take much figuring to estimate the
proht and loss to the grower who is forced
to dispose of his crop at 10 or 50 cents ,,,r
barrel.
But since that exceptional season OF low
prices, when all the markets at home and
abroad were giutted with apples. when
a gallon and cider could be had almost
Tor the asking at any big cider MILL
changes of great Importance have been ef-
1ected In the apple market. Before that
eventful year the growers Of fine appies
In the east could usually depend upon the
exporters to take most OF their surplus
crop. but In the season of 1886 they sudden
ly awokH to the fact that even this market
was being closed to them, or fiercely dis
puted by the western apple growers The
west had become an important factor in
the apple problem. They had been quietly
painting orchards down i'm Kansas Mis-
souri, and Nebraska, and, like all other
phases of western farming. they were on
large scale. Twenty, thirty nfty ltSl
acres were planted; then these numbers
were doubled, and the output became sq
enormous when the trees reached maturity
that the local markets Were sMamped bv
the fruit, and the growers had % rush then
apples to the east and to Europe To save
themselves from bankruptcy. 1t was this
sudden food of fruit which had been grow.
ing perceptibly year by year. but which
reached its climax in lS.sl, that startled the
growers of the east and finally demOraliZrd
the apple markets of England and tha
United States.
1t was no use saying that the Eastern ap-
pies had a inner and sharper flavor than
those from the west and that they were
better packed and shipped for Eurnpe The
whole industry was paralyZed 10y the sur
plus of fruit More than this the growers
realized that there would no longer be
OF years IN the apple supply. There
were enough orchards planted in the U-nsr
the eastern states and Canada to make a
crop large enough for all auparent needs
even though half the trees failed to pro-
duce every other year
There WAS only one thing to do The
outlet had to be enlarged. Either new mar
kets had To be found or new methods dis
covered for utilizing the fruit Along both
of these lines scientific and practical bust
ness men have been working, and the result
is there is a wider market for the fruit this
year and the machinery for dIspssing Of
the fruit was never i'm such perfect order
To begin with. factories for the manu-
facture or cheap jellies have multiplied
rapidly and today there are about l:3p Of
them in the United States. with an annual
capacity Of between lJoN1N,D and 2pWn-
hD pounds. In the ample season all of
these factories run night and day and they
consume an enormous amount Of raw ma
terial Originally these factories were es-
tabisned for manufacturing jellies out Of
the apple waSte-that is, the cores and
peelings Of the APPLES. which the canncrtes
and eNaDorators threw away. From these
cores and peelirgs the juice was EXPRESSED
and this became the foundation uriuciule
of all the apple jellies In 1896 the sur
plus of apples greatly increased the out
put of the evaporators and canneries. and
IL was duesto this that more jelly factories
were established. 1t is estimated that
there Were about ,51 carloads of waste
sent to these jelly factories IN time the
offerings of apples Were large that the
jelly factories purchased ordinary arrles
direct from the orchards and turned them
into apple syrup.
Incidentally a false Impression concern
ing many of the cheap jellies, especially
those made of apples, should be corrected.
They are not unwholesome or injurious
They are not made from chemical COM
pounds, simply because it is cheaper to
make them from the juice of apple cores
peelings and second-grade apples. These
Jellies except in quality of taste. are as a
rule just as wholesome as the more eX-
pensive brands, the only difference being
that the latter are made from large, good
sized apples. 1t is only fair that this truth
should be generally known. for the fac
tories are rapidly increasing the market
demand for our apples
Pure apple syrup is made at these fac
tories and put on the market under various
names Tie syrup. when Favored a little,
has a richer taste than good deal of the
ciluted and artificial maple syrup. 1t Is Ger
talnly TAR more wholesome. Much of this
syrup is used as the foundation for other
fruit syrupS that are far more expensive.
Thus a quart OF pure apple syrup. properly
diluted and favored with a little pincap-
pie makes an excellent and harmless sub
sttute for the pineapple syrup for soda
water and ice cream. Similarly Il little
orange flavor will be sufficient to change
II into good orange syrup. Thus we have
the foundation Of pure, wholesome fruit
syrups produced at little cost and in a way
that benefits the farmers and fruit
growers.
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