Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-08
MAKE FINE TABLE
SYRUP FROM APPLES
Department OF Agriculture Applies for
Public Service Patent-Wlll En-
able Cider Mills to Make a
Keeping and Valuable BY
Product Out Of Excess
Cider.

partnent OF agriculture mas applied TOT
a public service patent covering the
making OF new form OF table strip
from apple Juice. This patent will
make the discovery, which the special
lists believe will be OF great value to
all apple growers as a means OF utll-
izing their culls and excess apples.
common property OF any cider mill in
IN the United States which wishes to
manufacture and sell apple cider 81.
rup.
The new strip, one gallon OF which
Is made from seven gallons OF ordina'
ry cider, is a clear ruby or amber col
ored strip OF about the consistency OF
cane strip and maple strip. Properly
sterllized and put in sealed tins or
bottles. II will keep indefinitely and
when opened. will keep under house
hold conditions as well as other sirups,
II has a distinct frulty aroma and spe'
clal flavor OF IT'S own. which is de.
scrIbed as being practically the same
as the taste OF the sirupy substance
which exudes from a baked apple.
The strip can be used like maple
or other sirups for grldle cakes. cere'
ais. household cookery and as flavor.
ing In desserts. The government
cooking experts are at present expe'
rlmentlng with II In cookery and ex.
pect shortly to issue receipts 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
sumner and other form OF apples. The
success OF the experiment 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 govern
ment chemists, endeayor TO produce
1000 gallons on a commercial scale
and give the new product a thorough
market test by making II accessible
through retailers In limited field.
The interest OF apple growers in the
product arises from the fact that the
new apple cider strip promises to give
them commercial outlet for vast
quantities OF windfall and other apples
for which they hitherto could find no
market, either In perishable raw cider
or in vinegar. Cider production. II
seems. comes largely at one season
of the year during which the market
is more or less flooded with this per-
ishable product The bulk and perish
ability OF the raw cider, moreover, the
cider makers state, often make 1t un.
profitable for them to ship the raw
cider of one district lopg distances to
a noapple growing region. The mar
ket for cider, therefore, has been
largely restricted In many cases to
localities near the area OF production.
No method of sterilizing ordinary ci-
der has been found practical for the
reason that boiling cider at once in
terferes with its delicate flavor.
With the cider mill able to make a
palatable, bookkeeping table strip out
OF its apple juice, growers, 1t is believ-
ed, will be able to use all excess juice
for bottled or canned apple strip. The
new strip, the specialists find, win
keep indefinitely, so that the cider
makers can market it gradually
throughout the year.
The process for making the strip
calls for the addition to cider mill
of filter press and open kettles or
some other concentrating apparatus.
The process is described as follows:
The raw cider is treated with pure
milk of lime until nearly, but not
quite, all of the natural malic acids
are neutrallzed. The cider Is then
heated to boiling and filtered through
filter press, an essential feature OF
the process. The resultant liquid Is
then evaporated, either In continuous
evaporators, or open kettles, just as
ordinary cane or sorghum strip is
treated. 1t then is cooled and allow
ed to stand for a short time, which
causes the lime and acids to form
small crystals OF calcium malate. The
strip is then re-filtered through the
| filter press, which removes the crys
tails OF calcium malate and leaves a
strip with practically the same basic
composition as ordinary cane slrup
It's flavor, however, and appearance
are distinctive.
Calcium malate, the hy-product, Is
a substance used in medicine and al
present selling for $500 per pound
1t is believed that If calcium malatt
can be produced in this way cheaply
and in large quantities 1t can be made
commercially useful in new ways, pos
sibly in the manufacture of baking
powder
The cost of making this strip OF
a commercial scale will be determined
during the test in October.