PRESERVING POTATOES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 626, 23 November 1880, Page 2

PRESERVING POTATOES.

'DHiljryTiines;: writes biete wjtht the States products, there are -some. .; sjh#iiA'which itcanand should compete Thei following extirack -frota; thtf San :-Fran^ : -."' ; ■■ oisco. CommercialiNews 1b tatlfe point. It:'/ tells fa iri-fofanv:' Export of : preserved -to Epgiand v; as^;ClaliforniaihM-;d(iUßJaipurJlabot'is; ,1 quiteas cheap,aml'youcan'groifequally •■' ggodpiitatoesv. ;^ . prising capitalists/try ; > it.; The liery/may be-bbinjhti I; TheCommercialNewssaysj—"Recently''' ani important iitduatryj.'liaa aprung up; ;o in this in 'the. way of: preserving potatoes for a'.; foreign 7 market. \£i ma-. : chine has', been : itivehted for: press-:- ; in£ and preserving "potatoes in: raanner : that they may be '. dried and .: kept for a number.of years in any climate.;•: No oxidisation or fermentation takes" .place in;the process" .and,after thepotatoe's go through the entile, process thp n ..v retain to a great extent their natural taaV- '% and original freshness. Shipments wade f to England during- the.; past year'by, ■ Falkner Bell and Co. ■ have .attracted attention, and the demand for California preserved potatoes in that country already exceeds the supply. The first shipment ; to Liverpool brought the Bum of 160d615. per ton. over all expense of shipment. Last year about twenty tons were shipped from SanFrancisco,'which brpught.isEnglish • shillings: .per hundred-weight, or at the rate of 3dol. per sack for green■ potatoes. At v the -township, of Areata, in the Humboldt County, a strong company haß been organised to, preserve potatoes by this new process.' "Ventura basan apparatus in. working -order, and will handle a .large quantity of potatoes 'this fall. ■San merchants and capitalists ; evince a lively interest in the enterprise, and' ( %e watchine..events closely. The testimony of English .'merchants is to the effect products are; superior, and in aotive demand.