Fruit Canning 2,000 Years Ago

The American Druggls.1 teUa iliat we are tadebted to Pompei) tor tin1 greal milist ry of canni'd fruit s. Vrai-s lian, whea tin' roa vat ims vi r ■ fuel LciiiniHtiii, a party of ('iniinnabtaaui foniul in wh.it had been the pamtry of the booae many Jan of lircscivcii KgB. One was opened and tlu'.v were íoimd to be treeh and good. invostijiat cm atuywed tiiat, the flga had been put tato fan in a heated state, au aperatore left tor tiie gteam lu vsca]M'. OOtd tlirii si'.-ili'd wit 11 wax. Tllie li uit was taki'ii. and t lic ncxt ycar fruit caauilng waa Introduced imto -tlie lünited Statfs, tho prii Iwiïiii identical witb th.at in voguc a t Pompei] twcnty eeatarte aero.