INDUSTRIES WEEK.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 219, 9 June 1908, Page 4

INDUSTRIES WEEK.

THE BIG "K " The extraordinary success of Messrs. S. • Kirkpatrick and Company, Ltd., of Nelson, ' has passcdj into a provorb. "K" jams and are.to bo found now pretty well everyv , . /■ whore, from Hokitika (~,0 Fiji, from tho Now Hebrides to thoKerguelens. Wherever New ' ■ Zealandcrs aro there you will find tins bear-. - ing the symb t ol of tho big "K." Such sue;cess does not.como by calculation or caprice. '.It must bo tho effect of- a distinct cause. ■ v . ; The wholo sccrot of tho enormous popularity -,-••• of "K" jams lies in tho fact-.thrf 1 ; they -are. ,the equal of/arijjjiii :the .world." This' seems a' ! lu^'i-v' it only, -jieeds ; - to' bo .thought 'about.;.; All.''-fK".- jams•'andcanned• . fruits aro prepared at Nelson. ,In that dis--V;ri<:£,':fruit .is grown; and ripened under .ideal : ■ conditions. Messrs. Kirkpatrick-and Com- ■ v-.S:',-,- P an j make' their jams with dessert 'fruit, of iJi /j iperfect ' quality,^in-, perfect .condition,, which : . is. tho. first .essential 'step .to success.; Next comes the making,of'sugar. In the making of f %<;;• ''Kjams, oiily-%lino crystallispd white sugar is Given f;ood fruit'-' 'and . good sugar, you havo a reasonably founded certainty .of ■f-'ll-,';' ; manufacturing good jam. . But.Messrs.,Kirk-. v ; ' patrick-and; Company- know,- as that V:;,';'.' . • even goo;!' fruit; .and : good;.:sugar 'are ;not. S'A..v./;/en6ijgl).-!'Thcy v insist-.on the most/,fastidious, cleanliness''rtVi-'every - stage.■<. The ;fruit, is : iiy . ■cleanly, handled;', It is .boiled in ' receptacles ' r/..' ..: that aro - exquisitely . clean. Care -is f taken V : that no -decayed, or;, unclean mat-. . ■ ter shall get iitto.the' jam,- even in tlie mimi- I 'vVv' - r/test particles. / Quito recently.(iho rery latest . .J. : , machinery and-fittings liavo been installed, I ; S,:-. an' important mat'ter, for .'perfect .appliances make perfect processes. The'result- of all - this is what good housewives call "the fruity !>;'v flavour" of f'.ho-.."K". jams. The propor,tiras'of fruit ; ,and. sugar/.aro .calculated .to, a r-y"--- 'grain; the tinio'of-boiling is-fixed'to a nicety.-. Evefythmg';iis.,dono'wjth 'promptitudo, pre-' •. cision,' oohfidento' that comes from v.-'K,;:'full experience.Valid" settled'knowledge: : V ■S.;?.;;\ The fact's have' a general application '' -i i. : . ; -:K' : to the ;•"K-", canned fruits. '-Tniits for cariJ;'-/:■ ~ ning''must"! ,b o;,',in. perfect'condition,: or ' the : canned' product.will bo inferior and tasteless. ,'i Experience :has shown exactly whoro and at ' . .'.what ,season the ...finest fruits,, for canning' ... •/ can bo prooured r and only these are canned.' i-The fruit is picked at tho oxactly desirablo . . stage of ripeness.; .It ls.takcn atjoncoto , - the factory;'and handled (with extreme care) as littlo.;as'fpossible'. ; -.It dooa hot -lip,, round . >■: and got- braised. or stalo.' - It is canned; at 's:%l , 'v?foncef > in an'extra' lioavy that'. Heightens'' ~i-i.r . and preserves tho flavour of tho .ripe fruit. i There,'then, is tho whole sccrot. .Wherever f"K" goods havo been exhibited, they liavo" • . . taken -tho . pold medals.- - Thoir- succoss was . 'notable,'; at>. the. ::.reeent., big . .exhibitions ;at ' '■ i : ; London,' Liverpool, and Christchurch. • .- ■ .During the progress of the Domraion Inv < i 'dustries Exhibition, general displays of "K " , .' goods mav :bo soon at the establishments of Messrs. W. Cook and Sons., (Molesworth •: /Street); Mr.'-W. Thawley (Cuba Street), and -. - Mr. W.' Wylio (Riddiford Street). .Mr., D. . Anderson, of Molesworth Streetj'has a,special ■ ' - display of tho new' season's '■ K " canned and - ; ; i bottled fruitß. , '.. .. Kirkpatnck's also . import and prepare . "■. 'peppor,' spices, and coffee.<-. These spices are - selected by* export buyers, and aro increasingly popular; so that they have .become ■ a ...' considerable -item ; of- the company's busi,'■■■,■'•ness. ;: Tho greatest- care. is- .taken -m, pre-., : r paration cnd packing. -:. .:■ r. . There is no doubt- of tlio'- populanty.jof . I/. :"K ", products. Tho factory -can ; 'barely copo with present .orders, and Ipusincss'is 111v : u creasing all the time."; Extensive' additions v. i in'brick aro now in: progress, and there will .■ be more additions aßmocessitv compols. With ' articles like "IC "-jams, "K" canned fruits, ! ..., and' IC " spicos, trade must go: on growing. ' f - - That fact'has been obvious .from ;the start.'.-

1 1 ' GODBER's/' "Let us go to Godbor's.". Tho words aro - • ■ lelf-oxplanatory,. and need no further com-' , r : _ T.ont, and tho speaker ! and friend hie.them- . jelves to whoro tho good pastry is. Godbcr's 1 : , : sas been located' in the same part of .' Cuba ; o^, ; . r .Street^{rom'tho.:early days;.ana;at-one time theirs wap tho only shop on that side of tho /.'street'.: : <But; what a transformation has taken . placo/sinco, correspondingly the window. » .display proves to a marked .degree"to what ; an advanced stage tKo confectioners' art has reached in New Zealand. A beautiful sugar statue of ■ a horse and rider mounted an ji 1 block 'of , cako is particularly ' attractive, f: ' .whilst-the'show, of: wedding cakes in'their various stages of Completion ris "' being ob'.jf;l,4served bj; largo numbers of interestecf pco- ■ pie. ' Artistic designs of piping in sugar aro also shown in a variety of birthday and'gift cakos, and the window is tastefully/prepared with all kinds :of' fancy ; cak?s' \ and pastry. Only .the-purest of-materials aro used,in tho " manufacture' of 'various, confections—not .. "'iv \ ; ,..that,- this requires; emphasis, .becauso tho name. "Godber's" has always been a synonym .-...0f first-class quality. There-aro' two largo factories in connection 1 with :• the business, . ..-.and twenty men-aro constantly I employed, ;a - number of whom havo bcen with tho firm for V j ' . many years. 'A' Btaff .of. -thirty-five young ~ ;ladies ,aro , daily, engagedv in attending 'to visitors to the- tearooms and shop. Mr. God- . bor,.tho head of.'the\firm, is at .present touring tho world, and on his''roturn he will '. many .-attractions; to 'ticklo tho'palates :y .; ; ; of the Wellington lovers of fancy goods.