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Show a FRUIT EVAPORATING I MTJSHISED Krai MB Commissioner Korns Work mSm ing Hard to Establish m New Industry. ffig OGDEN MEN ARE SEEN HsKjl 1 KB Meeting "'is Called to Discuss IB the Matter Next BSE Saturday. mm gflBft City CoinnUsalonct- TV.. J-I. Konis, vhp PHMK hs :ntcr;nted hlmsalf in the catnbllsh-BBfll catnbllsh-BBfll ment of an extensive fruit, evaporating Eftf plant in Utah, built alonsr the llnoK of ffltmb fcuch inslituUona on Mhe Pacific ccmbI, Iis confident that His plans' trill bo car-CommlBsioncr car-CommlBsioncr Konm returned from Ogden yesterday, whero he conferred with five of the nioai. promJn3nt fruitgrower?: fruit-grower?: of that locality, and HrVansed for a general meeting of horUciilliirlatfi next Saturday. The evaporatp.fl process urpred by Oommiofiloner Korns Is Kilil to bo for ?.hoad of the process now in vogue in L'tah and it han the support of tlio State Horticultural Hocloty, the Commercial club and the development, league. Process Explained. Explaining tho proccao yesterday, Commissioner Com-missioner Korns sald: The drying or ovaporallnjr of dried frultB is an InoxpcnFlvo and very simple procean. It in work performed per-formed on the farm, or in tho orchards, or-chards, or near by, usually by the orchardlBtn themselves and their private pri-vate help. Tho plan Is entirely practical prac-tical and la operated successfully on the Pacific coast. It can be ued In Utah as well. Briefly outlined, il la as follows. It Is necessary to have a sulphuring sulphur-ing oven, which is constructed uf-ftoIcnUy uf-ftoIcnUy jargrt to admit of trays two by four feet In dimensions, and an hlph as would bo necessary or desirable. de-sirable. Theso sulphuring- ovenn are for giving: the fresh fruit a sulphur bath for the purpose of preserving tlio color and flavor and hindering the dry fruit from becomirig wormy after packing. Tho trays are made of stripe of Tvood cut Into lengths nnd made Into frames, and wire mesh tacked onto tho bottom of the frame, mulcinp a complete tray. The fruit Is gathered gath-ered ripe from the trees, cut into halves, seeds removed and tho halves laid into the trays with the cup up, or rind down, until the tray Is covered cov-ered with a single layer of the fruit. In like manner another tmy and another arc thus Bupplled, until tho sulphuring ovon la filled, when a pot containing a HUfflclent quantity of Hiilphur In placed beneath the wholo and lighted, and tho door closed, making tho oven practically air tight, and tlio oven permitted to romaln dosed until tho fruit is given a time sulphuring-, according to the character char-acter or variety of fruit. This sulphuring, sul-phuring, however, In no way dries' or hvnporutoB the fruit. After the sulphuring sul-phuring bath tho trays are taken from the oven and distributed about, in tho sun to dry. The purposo of tho sulphuring Is twofold, for preserving pre-serving tho color and flavor of tho fruit and to hinder Its being bothered both-ered by the files while drying, etc. Approved by Experts. This mode has been Investigated and approved by tho government puro food export from Washington. Should the fall rains or the lateness of the season make It impracticable to dry from the wind currents and sun rays, the artificial heat evaporators evap-orators are qiilto cheap, convenient 2.n',L,n extensive use in northern California and Oresou. They arc constructed with several compartments, euoh compartment to be .almost Identical with that, of tho sulphuring oven, but made Into nev-oral nev-oral compartments being divided bv partitions and with a large vent n't the top, Tho trays aro removed from the sulphuring oven and placed In the evaporator AV'urm air current" cur-rent" aru furnished into the bottom of each compartment containing fruit, and permitted to tvjsr up through the fruit, tho damp air passing pass-ing nut through tho largo vent at the top. Tho drying is effected In a much moro rapid mariner by this artificial process (han by out -door process than by out-door drying, and gives better results. as a whole. The evaporator may' be constructed construct-ed in tho most economical way. and a eniu.ll 0110 should not cost to exceed SJOO or $150, or even loss money. It may be construe! ed of parts of cheap lumber vrJth a covering or building paper, or some asbestos shuotlng, or some similar material, sufficient to hold thn warmth and bo clean. In Jlko manner (ho sulphuring oven may bo mado of material on Lite farm, or In tho orchard, but It is generally constructed of a one. layer of bride with a closed ton covering to retain tho sulphur funics. Payment for Fruit. The fruit when delivered at tho packing houso In. Its evanorated slate, is paid for In cash according to tho market price, and tho market vclf.n i flxod by tho California market. This process is so simple that nil that Ik required is Iho organization of. the growers into an association, after which n required lonnago will bo contracted con-tracted for to be supplied to tht packing house. "vThen (ho fruit in drv it Is taken ca.ro of In bulk, according to tho nualliv and variety, until readv to be shipped or delivered to lie packing pack-ing house. It Is so economical and practical that the wonderment is that the plan has not been in voguo In Utah for many years past. Plans arc alrcadv partially perfected per-fected for the establishment or the plant, contingent on the formation of an association of fruitgrowers themselves. them-selves. A packing houso alto has already al-ready boon generously proffered, and tho offer of money for xhc carrying on of J-hls project lias heen tendered. butIT is not money that is required so' much as tho co-operation of tho Intorested. progroaslvo tfruItgrowoi-H themselves. To manifest an interest Is to subscribe funds, and a $100 subscription Is a warrant of Interest on tho part of the grower, and vet the minimum sum that could reason- ably be asked, and with tliat amall contribution from tho number abovo incntlonod, the undertsikinpr Is assured, as-sured, Five thouuand tonn of rrull at a. inliilmum cost of ?100 per ton wuiild ylold the prowcr 5500,000, nnd If tho product should bo 7000 tons hlph-srado hlph-srado quullly, and command Stud Iier ton, then double that sum, or more than $1,000,000 will have boon paid to tho producers bv the pack-In?: pack-In?: lioiiao upon delivery. Fruit Is Sacrificed. Tons of th,. riiicM fruit in tho world iiro sacrificed in Utah every yoar on account of n slusruish m:irkol. or In-jirlf.quatc In-jirlf.quatc shipping facilities. This loas muy bo turned lulo profit bv a few Intorosted men. A plan which lias been successful elsewhere is as follows: Actual and rcspoii5ibio fruitgrowers fruitgrow-ers will form an a.Nsnclation, nch member to boromc interested to thu minlniuin amount. Tho membership of this nsociatlon should be distributed over the slate In tho frultsrowlnp districts us oven-ly oven-ly as possible, each member to bo a customer and supply with fnilt an evaporating rruil packing house The reason ono or two fruitgrowers fruitgrow-ers cannot find a ready market for a small output lies chicflv in tlio lock or a.ssortinonl which tho trade de-.mands. de-.mands. It is therefore deemed advls-nble advls-nble in the Inception of this venture to establish ono central packing houso whoro ovaiorated fruits from each and all orchards mav lo assembled assem-bled Into bins, whoro the varloun grades, colors and varieties mav thou be separated, graded and sized according ac-cording in the variety and quality, packed In form and made rcadv for market. Big Plant Is Nce'derJ. To have- more (ban one packing house at the beginning, whoro small quantities might, be packed and tho cases iilterwards ansembicd, would disclose a lack of uniformilv or iho grades, impair tho reputation of the product, injure the market of (lie crop, and causo displeasure of tho customurs in the jobbing trade, which It might require years to overcome 11 Is therefore doenied advisable that a single packing plant be established In tho beginning to which fruits mav bo shipped in bulk in the evaporated state, and there assorted and packed Tor tho market. There are no difficulties Mn the way of such an enterprise. The orchards or-chards are growing and bearing, the evaporating of the ripe fruit is Inexpensive Inex-pensive and very simple, and Is done on tho farm or In tho orchards or i near by. usually bv the orchardlsts themselves and their private help. The plan is entirely practicable and Is operated' successfully on the Pa-cirio Pa-cirio coast. It can bo used hore as well. |