. The vegetable industry in New York state ... Vegetables; Gardening. 1260 The Vegetable Industey in New York State. less than this cost the owner can refuse to sell, take his goods back home, set his canner at work and get a fair return for his crops and labor. Another great ad- vantage of having a home canning outfit to care for the surplus is the fact that the fruits and vegetables in the can keep the grower's name before his cus- tomers all winter when he is out of the market with his fresh stock. Many men grow only crops that are marketed through a period of three or four months in the su
. The vegetable industry in New York state ... Vegetables; Gardening. 1260 The Vegetable Industey in New York State. less than this cost the owner can refuse to sell, take his goods back home, set his canner at work and get a fair return for his crops and labor. Another great ad- vantage of having a home canning outfit to care for the surplus is the fact that the fruits and vegetables in the can keep the grower's name before his cus- tomers all winter when he is out of the market with his fresh stock. Many men grow only crops that are marketed through a period of three or four months in the summer and then they drop out of the market for the re- mainder of the year. During this time their reg-ular customers forget them and when they start back on the market next season they are practically strangers. With home canned foods to place on the market all winter their name is kept before the consuming public, and when they start back next season everyone knows the farmer who prodiices fresh farm products in summer and canned foods in winter. But best of all, the home cannery helps reduce the cost of liv- ing, for it is one of the means of saving waste products. By waste products I do not mean cull or defective fruits or vege- tables, but fruits and vegetables that are not just in the condi- tion that the market demands. For instance, a man may be shipping tomatoes to market; for this purpose he must have them partly green. A dead ripe tomato in this case is a loss for it will not stand shipment, while a tomato of this kind is in the very best condition for canning, since it has the color and the flavor. Canning saves this. In bunching beets the small ones have to Fig. 356.— Steaii-Peessuke Canneb With Firebox. For Canning in Medium Small Qiantities, Either Inside or Outside the House. 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 perfec
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