NORWICH AND THE MUSTARD INDUSTRY.
Norwich, as a city, owes its success to mußtard. The commercial importc ance of the town was at one time declining very rapidly, but the manufacture of the condiment by the Messrs. Colman practically saved it. This industry employs more than 2200 men, women, and children, and it is for tho making of mustard that engines of many hundred horsepower, driving scores of different machines, are constantly kept going. Mr. Oolman's works have a river
frontage of the best part of a mile, and cover at least twenty-five acres of ground. Under the direction of Mr. J. J. Colman, M.P., the mustard seed has been grown on an increasing area of East Anglia. It is also grown in the neighbourhood of Selby, in Yorkshire, and large quantities are imported from Holland. Two kinds of seed are used. " The brown seed has the pungency, and is the more expensive ; the white seed is almost tasteless, but by its capacity for fermentation enables a little of the brown to 'go a long way.' It is by the very judicious combination of the two varieties that the proper colour of mustard is obtained."
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Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 42, 17 August 1895, Page 1 (Supplement)
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195NORWICH AND THE MUSTARD INDUSTRY. Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 42, 17 August 1895, Page 1 (Supplement)
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