The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-06-29
APPLE BONS
new PRODUCT
NEWCONFECTIONS WIN RECOGNITION
Method Results From Experiments in
Making Christmas Sweets Year
Before Last

Trivial and seemingly inconsequen-
tial incidents may be the beginning OF
great industries. Today the new fac
tory of the Fancy Fruit Products Co.,
just erected here for the manufacture
of special confection, soda fountain
syrup and apple butter, is a proof of
the foregoing aphorism.
Just before Christmas Of year before
last Randall s. Pratt. now manager of
the plant, was assisting his mother,
Mrs. d. l.. Pratt, of Wenatchee, Wn.,
to make sweets for the approaching
holiday feasts. Mr.. Pratt's father is
owner of orchards in the Wenatchee
district, and. as is the case in all orch.
ards, a small percentage of the fruit
was not marketed because of some ex.
terror, minor defect. Young MIR. Pratt
and his mother tried some experients
with these Gull apples. The excellency
of the candied fruit resulting gave the
young man, then student specializing
in chemistry at the University Of
Washington, his big idea. Putting to
the test his scientific learning and the
information gathered from the practic-
al lessons In his mothers kitchen, MIR.
Pratt has perfected process for the
making of apple CONNECTIONS. His prod.
uct has won recognition wherever dis
played.
Apple Bons is the ame..applied to
the new product. Although a Yellow
Newtown or Spitzenburg may be 9th.
erwise perfect, If it have a compare
lively small limb rub. a scar caused
from the burn of some spray or the &C.
tion of the SUMS rays, it cannot be
marketed in the commercial grades
recognized. by Northwestern fruit sales
agencies. The defect does not keep it
from becoming an extra fancy Apple
Bon. Thus Mr.. Pratt began his task
of finding the right process to convert
imperfect apples into candy, impelled
not only by dreams of possible future
profit for himself. but that profitable
returns might be realized by growers
for this class of fruit.
After satisfying himself that he had
found the right process for the manu-
facture of his new confection, Mr..
Pratt succeeded in interesting w. A..
Schanffer and A. F. Adams in his prop
osition, and the construction of the
new factory, 3Ox60 feet, soon followed.
The factory of the Fancy Fruit Prod.
ucts Co. adjoins the steam laundry
building, from the boilers of which are
secured tthe steam for cooking the con-
fections. At present the new process
is only being applied to apples. which
at this season of the year are for the
most part being made into a delicious
shredded product for the garnishmont
of ice cream sundaes. During the
cooler seasons the plant will turn out
the candied fruit.
In appearance the new candied ap-
pies, which may be given any fruit fla
vor and made any color, remsemble
fruit pastes that have long been on the
market. The apples may be preserved
whole or sliced. After they are cured
they may be given coating of cream
or chocolate.
The new company's apple butter is
really by-product of the candies and
fountain syrups. Some of the apples
in the application Of the terrific heat
to which they are put come to pieces.
These smaller bits are destined to fill
butter jars.
Although the new factory has been
opened but few weeks, it has already
received enough orders to keep the
plant busy throughout the season.
Later other varieties of fruits will be
turLed into tasteful CONNECTIONS by the
new process.