TITE NEW CANNERIES.
The number of factories—to which family factories have to be added—already exceeds four-score. A map of England showing these makes a suggestive lesson in topography. The biggest group centres round Pershore. Its nearest rivals are the Cambridge-South Lincoln group and the Kent-Surrey group. There are none west or south of Hereford. The areas of special produce grown in part for the sake of the factories cover an astoundingly large part of East Anglia, known as the granary of England. The new fruit-grower has a fine opportunity. It is necessary for him to be in touch with the factory and to grow not only the sorts but also the varieties of fruit which are required for canning. If this co-operation is in some degree a limitation, it is in a much greater degree a help and assurance. His market is assured and is free from the variety of middleman's profits and the heedlessness of their ways which often make Covent Garden one of the worst of all markets for the producer.
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