JAM-MAKING IN SYDNEY

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5441, 25 April 1879, Page 5

JAM-MAKING IN SYDNEY

The Town nnd Country Journal gives a conple of illustrations of the interior of the Sydney Jam Company's works, and from the accompanying description we cull the following:—" Now South Wales which is seconi to none in the Australia for nature's lavishlnent.* has bom favoured thin summer ■with a plethora of her luscious fruifc?,so much so that th« crowors have been unable i;i many cases to find an outlet for the productions of their orchards, except at -ridiculously low prices. Now, with this fact staring us in the face, a question naturally arises —how is a plethora of fruit to be utilised ? And wo say a.t once, convert it into jam and let it h<; seen tnat New South Wales can make sufficient not only for her own consumption, but instead of being tlio importer, Ic6 her become tbo exporter of tho article of domestic use. Our readers will hardly credit that no less than 2,121,0431ns of jam were entered at tbo Customs for IS7S, on which a dnty of £8559 was payable Now wo aver that not one third of this quantity shou'd have been imported, for we have at our very doors the means of making our own jama ; and yet we have been payiug a duty on those of foreign manufacture. True it is there exists a prejudice in favour of Tasmiuiian preserves and fruit, but we unhesitatingly assert that it is but nprejudice, for the crucial test of New South Wales superiority in. jam-making over Tnßinania was mado in our presence, at the Sydney Jam Cj_mj)auy'a Factory, and do oided in favour "of""rrar own colony. A we!lknowu Sydney connoisseur of, and dealer iu, condiments and preserves was invitvd by tho manager of tho company's works to attend, and iu our presence to give au unbiassed opinion onsnme of thuir jams. Two tins of magnum bonuiu p!um jam wore placed boforo the judge, both tins unlabelled, aud this wellknown connoisseur gave the Sydney jam the prefnreuce, uuder the impression that it was Taamauian : aud in order that he might ba fully couviuced of his error, Mr. Dyson took him to where tho jams were stored, aud allowed him to select where ho liked. Th.< Sydney dealer was perfectly satisfied at the suporior quality of. the company's jam, aud on. being informed that it cnuld be sold at 10 per cent, under tha imported article, expressed hie intention of iu future purchasing tkeir productions."