In almost every part of the world "Schimmel" is known in connection with apple butter and fruit preserving generally. This enormous business, like so many of great magnitude, began in a small way; a five-dollar kettle and twenty dollars in cash began the concern. Wife and sister boiled during the day, while the husband went round selling the product to the neighboring stores. Only think of fifty thousand pounds a day, as turned out now, of this toothsome product of the apple orchard. Like so many extremely busy men in Philadelphia Jose O.Schimmel believes in continual self-improvement, and gives a good portion of his time when not engaged in active business to scientific studies. He is an active botanist, and one of the leading microscopists in the Academy of Natural Sciences, which has done so much in the cause of self-education.

Mr. Garber says the juice of the Sand pear, mixed with cider, makes the most delicious apple butter.