Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.misc From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Honey, I Shrunk the Fruit Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 06:18:51 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: Honey, I Shrunk the Fruit Publication Date: Thursday November 12, 1992 BYLINE: KATHIE JENKINS Dried fruit. Sounds boring, right? Maybe--but David Swall's dried fruit is different. Swall lives on a ranch in Tulare. Five years ago he started drying his prunes, removing the pits and slowly dehydrating the fruit in small batches at low temperatures. That way, Swall says, the fruit stays moist and keeps its flavor and outstanding color. Then he started drying other fruits--quality California-grown produce such as peaches, apricots, nectarines and apples. Swall's so picky that he even makes the wooden trays that hold the fruit. A 2-pound box (catalogue No. 276) of the dried fruit costs $29.45, including postage and handling. If it seems expensive, keep in mind that a pound of dried fruit is equivalent to 5 to 6 pounds of fresh. And if it still seems too much, give Swall a call and he will send free samples of the fruit to prove it's worth the price. "I can't get out and talk to everyone," he says, "and the pictures in our catalogue don't do our fruit justice." Touched Select 15999 Avenue 232 Tulare, Calif. 93274 (800) 255-7039 MasterCard, Visa This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM