Show new salting process brings pickle industry to southern states because cucumbers grown in the south often became softened or bloated when pickled by the process that was successful in the north central states southern growers had only one market that for fresh cucumbers which must be marketed quickly or not at all it was believed that pickles made in the south had to be salted heavily to prevent spoilage chemists of the united states department part ment of agriculture and the north carolina experiment station have proved this belief incorrect they have found that putting the southern cucumbers into the right strength of brine makes firm pickles second to none in quality this indicates the department chemists say that pickles probably can be made anywhere cucumbers are grown if the brining problem is handled right |