The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-06
APPLE IN
Changed Conditions Resulting from tho
Planting of Large in the West.

Changed Conditions Resulting from tho
Planting of Large Orchards in the West.
From the Boston Evening Transcript.
Along the[Hudson River fruit region and In
the western part OF the State the apple Or
chards are shining golden and green with the
fruit Of another crop. and the growers are anx-
iously asking themselves IL the low values OF
two seasons ago are going to prevail again this
year. Every one at all familiar with the
.ruit industry will remember the heavy depres-
sion that obtained throughout the East in 1893
when the tremendous crop OF apples almost an
initiated values in many regions, Along the
seaboard Of Massachusetts the writer remem-
her hers , SEEING Il pl Is 8 ssnti hung pes b 1sp% tr eids qi apples
il and 20 cents delivered at the mills, and fine
hand-picked Baldyins deliyered on the cars
cents per barrel. sorting. heading and getting
s az ras r eost q barrels sG T is se II cents ;ras.i Il does not o
take much figuring to estimate the profit and
loss 70 the 9ToweEE & Tho t. forced 81 Sir to dispose OF
prices, When ali the nsrkets, at home and
socSAa aIn wsTs T Was ssll mn at a f6 cents Sn q ea fEsn
and cider could be had almost for the asking
i e sey hs big S Sssn s a5ll: saaain n &c Of aS SPfsst m a%Res.
apples in fl the East could usually de9end upon
crop eb But IN the - season saS9 Of 1896 they suddenly
awoke to tho fact that even this market was
t hslnf w slSss6 to Sp talsm sr or eesoel Ffh Sis %sss heeda
become an important factor IN the, apple prob
lem; They oyn had "a Kb 6ssn qEgts ! n anS Rebr or.
ing, they were on a large scale. Twenty. thir-
lumber missi we were e't doubled Heto and the output be-
came SO enormous when the trees reached ma;
t by tRe i iruit' .a and if the r mSsersi had Sit to rush sShht their
apples to the East and to Europe to save them
selves from bankruptcy. It was this sudden
I maS n Ksaifs s B l HsaE' s s + SPi the I sroRs9s 81 & s sho
kets Of England and the United States.
1t was no use saying that the Eastern apples
had a finer and SHARPER flavor than those from
paralyzed by the surplus Of fruit. More than
longer be ''off years in the apply supply.
There were enough orchards planted In the
West y ancn the i, I Eastern epnn states ssr an 81 canada annarsn to n make
even though hall the trees failed to produce
every other year, . n,
let Thar hsG to Sa be G sniaT 1Rs th' Rith ss ne new T msrG GSt;
bad to be found nd or new methods dst6 Sis " srsa
lines scientific and practical business men have
been working. and the result. is there is, n
widSRri market mar let S fHs the fr III tb tsi III yea ws and ne the
TO begin with, factories for the manulee-
and to-day there arc about 100 Of then II the
tween 150,000.00 and 2~0D.O0O.OOO pounds.
In the ample season al of these factories run
nous amount Of raw material, Originally
these factories were established for manufac-
turing iellies out of The apple waste.,that is.
the cores and Feelings OF the apes, which the
canncrics and eyaporators threw away From
these coros and peelinks, the Juice. was ex-
pressed and this became the foundation prin-
ciple q all the ample i%ellies, IN 1896 the sur:
plus OF apples greatly increased the outp put at
tho eyaporators and eanneries, and it was due
iHished. It is estimated that there were about
l,5O0 carloads OF waste sent TO these Jelly fac
tories. In time the offerings OF apples were 90
large that the, Jelly factories purchased ordi;;
turned them into apple syrup.
Incidentally n false impression concerning
MANY of the. chean jellies. especially those
made Of apples, should be corrected. They
are not made from chemical compounds. elm
the Juice Of apple cores, Feelings and second
grade apples. These ,%Jellies. except IN quality
of taste. are as a rule Just as wholesome as
the more expensive brands. the only difference
sized APPLES. II Is only fair that this truth