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Hi. Was wondering if anyone knows when the "Midget" style fruit jars were last produced. Not any particular jar, just that type of jar in general. I'm just curious as to the timeline that these jars were produced & when/why they vanished. There are alot of them out there, so for a brief moment in time they must have been fairly popular with jobbers/canners. Did a certain style of jar replace them or did they just fall from grace in the fruit jar world? Thanks for any input.
 
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I bet it had to do with the non-standard lid size.. just like the good old Sony Betamax, driven out of business by VHS
 
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You have to watch when buying those blasted things , there are reproductions floating around out there .
 
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The tapered jars with the small lids are the ones I call a midget jar . Will see if I can figure out where mine are , I think they are here in a box in the house . If I can find them, I will take a pic of a couple of them .
 
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..the difference is in the size of the opening / lid part.. "midget" jars take a smaller lid than standard threaded fruit jars.. just learnt that myself a couple weeks ago.. right here on ABN!! [:)]
 
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Well , I thought I knew right where those midgits were but was unable to locate them . Maybe a forum member who has some will read this post and post a couple of pics of some they have .
 
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[&o] ..OK,,,

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The one at left looks like a midgit . What is the diameter of the lid ?
 
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it's 2" on top, 2½" on the bottom..the lid came from Woody.. THANKS WOODY!!!!!
 
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That's what I call a midget . All the digging I have done over the years , I never once dug one of them .
 
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