AMERICAN APPLE MERGER

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 18 July 1925, Page 6

AMERICAN APPLE MERGER

"AIN'T GOIX' TO BE NO CORE” It is claimed on behalf of’ the Chicago pork packers that they make use of every part of a hog but the squeal. American apple men now appear to be go.ng one better. They are to deal with the American apple crop, or a large portion of it, in such a way, it is said, that “there ain’t goin’ to be no core.” Word lias been received by the Minister for Markets and Migration that a merger has taken place between two great apple corporations in America, and it is claimed for the new companv, which, known as the Standard Apple Products, Incorporated, has a capital of lj; million dollars (about £250.000) that it* will be the largest of its kind-in the world. The company's headquarters are to bo in Rochester, New York, and it will handle the apple from tiie time it leaves the tree, through various manufacturing processes, packing and shipping, . delivering evaporated apples, apple pomace, eider and eider vinegar, as well as packed, fresh apples throughout the eastern States and to various European countries. “Every known branch of the industry is to he covered," snys.the report, “ami every hit of the raw material is to be utilised."