Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-12-13

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AFTERNOON ADDRESS.
Prof. W. H. Wolf Of the New Hamp-
shire College and Experiment Station
spoke on the subject Of handling the
apple from the tree to the consumer.
Professor woiff said in parts II consid-
or our work here in New England to
be mainly to produce and to market
cheaply and economically good apples
for the millions Of our citisens In ordi.
nary circumstances right here among
US. The barrel IL to-day and will con-
tinue to be the great package for the
East. II you want to compete with the
Pacific northwest in the production of
box apples you can do II but IL calls
for special practices-more care in cul-
ture, spraying, and thinning and grad
ing.
I'VE have neglected our home mar
kets and In Burlington to-day II you
wanted to give q banquet and place q
fine appearing apple at each place, the
only fruit you would fnd in the city
Of quality suited to such occasions
would be Pacific coast States fruit.
They think II worth while to keep
this on display here for such occasions
and for the best family trade II one
may Judge by our actions we do not.
Who 10 right? One Of the functions
Of a fruit growers organization is en-
Of fruit production by de-
veloping markets II you have tho
stun at home to sell, one Of the best
ways to sell Il would be to take this
excellent exhibit Of box and barrel ap-
pies and put It into one Of the show
windows OF this city and keep 1t there
and sales getter. At $3.50 q box or
perhaps more I believe you would be
surprised at the hundreds Of boxes that
would be quickly sold.
1T was stated that picking had bet
ter be attended to first and given the
owners best careful attention and
packing down later under cover Light
pointed ladders should be used else the
picker would tire himself out moving
ladders rather than picking fruit.
Sising machines are rightly becoming
more popular. they allow Of better
work than can be done by hand and do
the work more quickly. BY packing
only the large apple in one package
we can actually pack more bushels.
The standard western apple box should
only be used for the best quality fruit.
The Boston vegetable growers square
box Is a fne apple package and will be
found by the thousands in the Boston,
Worcester and other New England city
markets to-day. 1t is also now being
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Only one layer 10 faced and any farm
without special training. Get apples
into cold storage quickly-a few days
Of hot sun after they are picked may
shorten their keeping qualities two
months. Selling fruit Is q big problem
The commission man. the auction mar.
ket. the fruit store man and high class
grocer may all be used to advantages
Have the buyer visit your orchard AZ
1t will lead him to take more interest
in your fruit. Study the consumers
standpoint and try to produce what he
wants. packed the way 1t will best ap.
peal to him. and do It at a proht."
EVENING ADDRESSES.
1.-THE Home Manufacture Of Fruit BY.
Products was dealt largely with by
Prof. w. w. Chenoweth Of the Massa.
chusetts Agricultural College. Amherst
Mass. during the evening session. In
part, the professor said: Competition
and increasing scarcity Of materials long
ago forced the great manufacturing in
dustries to adopt rigid policy Of elm.
ination of all possible waste. The last
type Of business to adopt that policy
was agriculture. The great call that
has come to this nation because of the
world-war Is bound to result in great
good to this class Of people. The scar
city of food. the high prices of all farm
products. will result In greater economy
than ever before was thought possible.
Not that the farmer was q wanton
waster. but he never realized before the
real need Of economy. The growing and
marketing OF fruits Is always attended
with more or less loss. Fruit is very
pcrishable and with the ravages Of in
sects. disease and poor weather the loss
Is usually great. Much Of this can be
saved by using the secondary fruit to
make by-products. There Is q farm In
this State where the owner is one of the
largest small fruit growers In New Eng
land. There Is no waste to the fruit
here. He has a one-room building with
some simple machinery which is used as
by-products factory. When fruit Is
soft or not in good market condition II
goes to this little factory and there
came out in apple butter. apple Jelly
grape Juice grape jelly and a score OF
other products that meet with a ready
sale. There is no expensive foreman. bu,
capable woman who 10 efficient. The
farm IL of Is acres and ton of fruit
was by-producted two years ago. and
Instead Of waste and loss Of money the
owner made money on his former waste
The apple crop for the country In 1911
was given by the department Of agricul.
ture as 67.415.0 900 barrels. The bureau OF
markets estimated that ten per cent. OF
this crop was used for cider and Is pei
cent. was lost or fed to livestock. One
bushel Of Gull apples such as was fed to
stock we have found from our scientific
courses at the Massachusetts, Agricultural
College will make four gallons Of cider
four gallons Of cider vinegar; seven
pounds Of cider Jelly: three quarts OF
boiled cider; two quarts Of apple or cider
syrup; two to three quarts Of apple
butter; four to six pounds Of dried apples
30 to 10 pounds Of apple jelly. the number
Of pounds depending on the amount OF
sugar used. In addition to this the
pomace from bushel Of apples will make
about 20 pounds Of jelly II six to eight
pounds of sugar are used; also the peel
ings and cores from a bushel of apples
used for canning or drying will make two
thirds to three fourths as much jelly as
will the whole fruit and with little
care could well all be first class jelly.
Two and one-half millions Of bushels OF
New England apples are made into cider
annually. A farmer in western Massa-
chusetts bought a $500 cook stove dryer
md anent the evening in his home with
his pipe and dried his Gull apples that