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Show Pleasant Grove News m ( .fiHI What Local Fruit Growers Need From a Review Subscriber lu Virginia Vir-ginia City, Montana, comes tho suggestion sug-gestion thnt the following might be turned to advantnge lu this fruit nt gion. "Dlttor Root vulley men nro experimenting experi-menting with a vacum fruit drying machine. They plan to dry such portion por-tion of tho products of their orchards us cannot bo marketed as fancy grndes. Tho machine removes tho water from tho fruit by vacum pressure. pres-sure. Tho cores arc used for elder vinegar and thus theru Is no wu e of any part of the fruit. It takes from six to Bovon pounds of npplcB when fresh to mnko ono pottdii of dried. Three pounds of prunes nnd tbreo nnd four of cherries, six or olght of strawberries straw-berries make ono pound of dried." These new methods should bo Investigated In-vestigated by our fruit growom who llud themselves In the position ot pro duclng tho very best fruit In the United States nnd yet nro uuablo to market at an advantage because their fresh fruits when shipped aro t Ishablo and dealers, knowing this weakness, dollborately set about to forco tho shippers to sacrifice their good.a. Tho Review has seen tlio necessity of tho fruit growers developing the publicity end of their buslncsu and has thought Bomowhnt of opou ug n rcgulnr department In this pnper for tho benefit of tho orchnrdlst, through tho medium of which now methodB of preserving fruits nnd now ByBeniH of marketing might bo considered and a general exchange of viows takt place. Tho fruit men aro In need of unity of action and the cducntlonal benefits ot a publicity campaign, either through the medium of a paper of their own or a column devoted to their Interests lu a paper llku tlio Review. Re-view. o |