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Show New Salting Process ProcessBrings ProcessBrings ProcessBrings Brings Pickle Making MakingTo MakingTo MakingTo To Southern StatesBecause States StatesBecause Because cucumbers grown in the theSouth theSouth theSouth South often became softened or orbloated orbloated orbloated bloated when pickled by the proc process process process ess that was successful m in the North NorthCentral NorthCentral NorthCentral Central states southern growers growershad growershad growershad had only one market-that market that market - that for fresh freshcucumbers freshcucumbers freshcucumbers cucumbers which must be market marketed marketed marketed ed quickly or not at all It was be beheved believed believed heved lieved that pickles made m In the theSouth theSouth theSouth South had to be salted heav heavily y to toprevent toprevent toprevent prevent spOIlageChemIsts spoilageChemists spoilage spoilageChemists Chemists of the United Umted States de department department department partment of agriculture agnculture and the theNorth theNorth theNorth North Carolina Carolma experiment experlffient statIon statIonhave stationhave stationhave have proved this thus belief Incorrect IncorrectThey incorrectThey incorrectThey They have found that putting thesouthern the thesouthern thesouthern southern cucumbers into the rIght rIghtstrength rightstrength rightstrength strength of brine brme makes firm pIckles pIcklessecond picklessecond picklessecond second to none in m qualityThIs qualityThis quality qualityThis This indicates mdlcates the department departmentchemists departmentchemists departmentchemists chemists say that pickles probably probablycan probablycan can be made anywhere cucumbers cucumbersare are grown if the brining brmmg problem problemis IS handled right . . In fact fact , . , since the theexpenmental theexperimental theexperimental expenmental experimental work in North Caro CaroIma Carolina Carohna Ima lina production of pickles also has hasIncreased hasincreased hasincreased Increased in Virginia Texas and andother andother andother other southern states For the most mostpart mostpart mostpart part farmers are planting plantmg small smallacreages smallacreages smallacreages acreages of cucumbers as a supple supplemental supplemental supplemental mental cash crop for cotton or to tobacco tobacco tobacco tobaccoCucumbers bacco baccoCucumbers Cucumbers grow well m In southern southernstates southernstates southernstates states and because of the warm cli clr climate clrmate chmate mate often produce from 90 to 125 125bushels 125bushels 125bushels bushels per acre Average produc producbon produclion production bon lion over the country as a whole wholeis wholeis wholeis is from 50 to 60 bushels per acre acreTotal acreTotal acreTotal Total production of cucumbers for forpIckles forpickles forpickles pIckles is limited however as it ittakes ittakes ittakes takes only about 8 000 000 bushels to tosatisfy tosatisfy tosatisfy satisfy the pickle appetite of the en entTe entire entire tTe tire ! country for one year |