. The horticultural status of the genus Vaccinium ... Vaccinium. 17 right of owners of public lands to sell "stumpage" for blueberry or other fruits being established once for all. Mr. Freeman's action not only benefited other owners of wild lands, as well as himself, but it resulted in the perfect system of management already A CANNISU FACTORY. The financial importance of the blueberry industry is very dii^cult even to estimate at the present time. In Maine the canning of blueberries is largel}' in the hands of a few leading packers. The largest of these fac
. The horticultural status of the genus Vaccinium ... Vaccinium. 17 right of owners of public lands to sell "stumpage" for blueberry or other fruits being established once for all. Mr. Freeman's action not only benefited other owners of wild lands, as well as himself, but it resulted in the perfect system of management already A CANNISU FACTORY. The financial importance of the blueberry industry is very dii^cult even to estimate at the present time. In Maine the canning of blueberries is largel}' in the hands of a few leading packers. The largest of these factories has a daily capacity of 700 bushels and the average annual output is 8,300 cases of two dozen cans each ; representing 6,250 bushels of fresh fruit. The average price per case for the canned fruit is $ In other words, the value of the annual product of this one factory is not far from $15,000.^ There were in igoo seven factories in Maine which engaged in canning blueberries. These were as follows: J. and E. A. Wyman, Cherryficld, Durnham and Morrill, Harrington, 'This is tlip Wyiiiiiri fiif-'niy "liicli IimihII.'- :\[r-. Frceiniin's f init. AswUllifi sppii. Mr. KrrenijuiV Tojitll y \\ \\\ iiiimuiit to Sl.'iiin, -n Mil I f i-(nii iiiml \\']iipli is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Munson, Welton Marks. Ithaca, N. Y.
Size: 1802px × 1386px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublisherithac, bookyear1901
