The Delta independent., 1916-01-28
The sy-Products Of an Orchard
"a. H. Harris)

"a. H. Harris)
The day of the small cannery, wheth-
er comparatively or privately owned
has gone by. The successful cannery
of the future must have wide field
with transportation facilities and large
output. Quality and Quantity must go
together in the product of canneries
if the growers of fruit are to be fairly
compensated for their products. Much
of the canned goods sold at retail,
bears the guarantee of the grocer as
well as the warrant of the Gamer
and frequently the label of the job
Der replaces the brand of the Gamer
No jobber desires to buy small
quantities of canned goods and only
high grade packs can thus be sold
at advantage. The small cannery
poorly equipped cannot meet the de-
mands of modern business, hence it
cannot withstand the competition OF
great enterprises wisely located in pro-
duction centers and skillfully operat
ed. Our western growers have heard
much about the profits which should
or would come through a proper sys-
TEN for the utilizing of by-products of
the orchard. Like every other pana-
cea for financial ills the by-product
scheme fails to take into account the
fact that fruits are of good or bad
quality and that the bad stuff should
be thrown away.
There is very little chance to utilize
waste fruit. even in cannery produc-
ton and no effort should be made to
salvage the inferior stuff until the
quality product is sold at good prices
Producers frequently spoil the market
for good grades by forcing a lot of in
ferior stuff on people who are willing
10 save little money at the time and
who afterwards refuse to buy the bet
ter grade STINT at higher prices. This
mus: be poor salesuns lshlo There IS
demand for cider and for vinegar
which must be met. There should be
demand for Jellies, jams, buffers and
preserves. but II those by-products are
to find constant markets at fair prices
the fruits used must not be of infer
Tor grades.
Whether fruits should be sold as
fresh. canned, dried. in fluid form or
in glass is a matter OF quantity. quality
Judgment. information and experience.
not an experiment in developing by
products. Our fruit growers either do
not known how to give publicity or
they do the best they know how to
do. have made a study of some of
the daily papers TO ascertain how much
publicity is being given all varieties of
farm produce. During thirty days at
the real opening of the apple season.
little mention was made in any daily
except in market quotations and in the
advertisements of grocer.
In large display advertisements OF
provision houses and department
stores space is given freely to meats,
butter. poultry. oranges, pineapples.
but blessed little space is given to
urging the purchase of apples, pears
grapes or any other fruit. Read the
reports of the manufacturers and land
products shows. and note how little
mention is made of fruit displays.
Much space is given to mention of
alfalfa, corn, grain, etc, and even the
stock shows are providing classes OF
these things, but the fruits are side
tracked. Our fruit growers have but
one great problem. and that is selling
The production even with worms and
blight is easy i'm comparison with
bringing home the bacon. Production
is bound to increase rapidly at least
for a number of years and wide mark
cts must be developed. The growers
must do the development work. either
directly or indirectly. Anyway they
must pay the price.
The Dapoer of Eeder,I Ho,troI