Fowler's Vacola specialises in bottling jams and other foods at its manufacturing plant in Sydney. Fowler's Vacola The Fowler's Vacola jar is a molded glass jar used in canning to preserve food. It is the most popular home canning system in Australia. The system was developed in 1915 in Melbourne, Australia, by Joseph Fowler (28 February 1888 – 24 April 1972), who migrated from England in 1912, at his home in Hawthorn, Victoria, and became very popular. The Fowler's Vacola system uses glass jars, single use rubber ring seals and pressed metal lids, much like American Mason jars first patented in 1858,
Mason S. Stone Mason S. Stone Mason Sereno Stone (December 14, 1859 – July 13, 1940) was a Vermont educator who served as state Superintendent of Education. From 1919 to 1921 he was Lieutenant Governor of Vermont. Mason Sereno Stone was born in Waterbury Center, Vermont on December 14, 1859. He worked as a teacher, principal and school superintendent, and received a bachelor's degree in 1883 and a master's degree in 1909, both from the University of Vermont. He served as Vermont's Superintendent of Education from 1892 to 1900. He also served as a member of the Norwich University Board of Visitors, and