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Drying Fruit at the Manufactories, and Home-Drying 2
In the Alden process, the white color was obtained by driving the fumes of sulphur through the dryer. (See "Evaporated Fruit. ")
These thin sliced apples ought to be dried on wooden trays, not on old tin, by any means. Wooden trays might be easily made about 2 feet long and 15 to 20 inches wide, by nailing pieces of lath, slit up to 1/4 or 3/8 square, nailed on end cleats, with a lath of full width on the ends of the cleats running the whole length, to form sides, to prevent the apples from slipping off—the square bits of lath forming the bottom, nailed about 1/4 inch apart, to allow air to pass up through; the side lathi going down a little, say 1/4 inch below the bottom ones, which. would thus allow the free passage of air under and up through the hot-
torn. The thin, or cheap muslin covering preventing the sun from turning the fruit dark colored, and the wood has no tendency, either, to darken the shade of the apples, or other fruit. When once made they last for years, with proper
care.
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