84-titicaster Fimifnfl,' Saturday; July 2d, 1994 DAVID HIEBERT jar? . Westmoreland Co. None of that caliber are in this Correspondent exhibit, but with that kind of value WEST OVERTON (Westmore- placed on one jar. you might ex land Co.) $lO,OOO for a fruit peel that a lot of people will be jway, collector of fruit jars, shows one of her favorites from the exhibit at West Overton Museums, near Scottdale. “Corn flower blue” is her favorite of all the vari ous colors of jars. One reproduction of a cobalt (blue) jar was purchased for $lB, is now valued at $75 to $lOO. Though she doesn’t can food herself, she knows that It is very hard work. Photo by Davie Hiebert. 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Yet, you can see many crucial stages in popularizing the canning process from samples in the ex hibit. Though the word “canning” comes from the time when food was put into metal containers for preservaiton, the term has been applied to glass containers (fruit jars) for more than 150 years. The biggest influence on can ning came from John L. Mason, an American glass blower. Mason is the inventor who first introduced and patented the glass jar witih a metal, screw-on top. Though Ma son patented this combination on November 30,1858, the history of canning goes back to about 1795. Then a French chef, Nicolas Ap pert, first processed food in sealed containers. Appert also won the prize offered by the French government in 1809 for a simple way to preserve food for the army. the West Overton exhibit is ar ranged to show some of the American history of canning, ac cording to Museums programs co ordinator Robert Sandow. 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