Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-22
Strip FROM APPLES
Department of Agriculture Makes
a New Discovery.
VIII Enable Cider Mills to Make a
valuable Product From Excess
Apples and CuIls Seeks
Public Service Patent.

shington.-FolloWiag extensive
experiments begun last spring, the
head Of the fruit and vegetable utiii-
zauon laboratory Of the department of
agriculture has applied for a public
service patent covering the making Of
q new form Of table strip from apple
juice. This patent will make the dis
coVery, which the specialists believe
VIII be of great value to all apple
growers as means of utilizing their
Guns and excess apples, common prop
erty OF any cider mill in the United
states which wishes to manufacture
and sell apple cider strip.
The new strip, one gallon of which
Is made from seven gallons of ordin-
airy cider, is a clear ruby or amber
coiored strip Of about the consistency
OF cane strip and maple strip. Prop
erIy sterilized and put in sealed tins
or bottles, 1t will keep indefinitely,
and when opened will keep under
household conditions as we'll as other
slrups. 1t has distinct fruity aroma
ana special flavor of it's own, which is
described as being practically the
same as the taste Of the sirupy sub
stance which exudes from a baked
apple
Inc strip can be used like maple
or other sirups for griddle cakes,
cereals, household cookery and as ia
Vorlng IN desserts. The government
cooking experts are at present expert
mentng with it in cookery and expect
shortly to issue recipes for use of the
new strip in old ways and for taking
advantage Of its special flavor in novel
| dishes.
The department chemists have al
ready produced over ten gallons of
this strip in their laboratories. using
summer and other forms of apples.
Inc success of the experiments has
greatly interested some Of the apple
growers, and during October a. large
cider mill in the Hood River valley,
oregon, will, in cooperation with the
government chemists, endeayor to
produce 1000 gallons on a CONNER
cial scale and give the new product a
thorough market test by making it
| accessible through retailers in a linn
| tied field. The interest of apple grow
ers IN the product arises from the
fact that the new apple cider strip
promises to give them a commercial
outlet for vast quantities of windfall
| and other apples for which they hith-
erto could find no market either in
| perishable raw cider or in vinegar.
| Cider production, it seems, comes
largely at one season of the year, dur
! Ing which the market is more or less
flooded with this perishable product.
The bulk and perishability of the raw
| cider, moreover, the cider makers
state, often make 1t Improbable for
| them to ship the raw cider Of one dis
| trict long distances to a non-apple-
| growing region. The market for cider,
| therefore, has been largely restricted
in many cases to localities near the
area Of production. No method of
sterilizing ordinary cider has been
| found practical for the reason that
| boiling cider at cnce interferes with
it's delicate flavor
With the cider mill able to make a
| palatable, bookkeeping table strip out
| Of its apple juice, growers, it IS be-