The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-10-13
SEAS0NABLE RECIPES.
GREEN TOMATO PICKLES.

One peck OF green tomatoes, half head
of a good sized cabbage, two punches OF
celery, or what is better, little celery
seed, half a pint Of white mustard seed;
also three or tour small carrots, using
only the red part, six onions, five
large bell peppers. Chop them and mix
them together, sprinkle over cup Of fine
salt, let it remain over night; drain well,
sprinkle in the seeds and pour over one pint
Of molasses. Take three nints OF vinegar,
two tablespoons of ground sllspice. two ia
DlespoOns OF ground cloves, two tablespoons
Of ground cinnamon, two tablespoons Of
ground yellow mustard. Heat the spices in
the vinegar and pour over scalding hot. This
should De kept four or five months before
using.
WINTER APPLEs.-Get a few nice clean
BARRELS, place them by the side of your trees
in the orchard; then pick your best fruit of
the tree one at a time, carefully Living them
in basket fastened 10 the ladder on which
you stand. he fruit to be removed singly by
nand into the barrel, and carefully and ac-
curately placed therein, so as to lit tig5tlv
and evenly until it is full. Nail on the lid
and put away in the cellar (if dry) until you
wish TO dispose of them. Don't do all this
just after raiD, or in early morning wbe
the heavy dew is covering fruit and lesves
bearing in mind that extraneous MOISTURE
helps along the decaying process with un.
erriug certainty. The second class fruit to
be used first, NAV be put in large boxes, OF
in bins. but at all times, and under all cir
cumstsnces, handled with the greatest care
MARKETING FRUIT.-Jonah Hopes, OF
Chester county, Pa, writes to the Tribune
Farmers who send their fruit to market, 6
a rule, are unaware how much they lose by
an indiscriminate mixture of good, medium
and poor specimens in the same package
TIE shrewd produce dealer who purchases
fruit without any attempt at sorting
knows that he is going TO reap
from 10 to 20 per cent. solely fron,
this cause. lie carefully selects
those of uniform size and qua lty for each
crate, thereby greatly increasing The attrsc-
tiOns OF his wares, which. after all. is the
grand secret of success and thus gains the
extra compens alton which should have gone
into the poeseis of the produc r. recall
an unusually neat market stall in one of
our provincial towns. owl Ell by a young
man just arr ing in life on his own acct ut
Neatne,s is the leading iesturs to atr4c
| customers, hut the peculiar charm of his
fruits ana veg tables Is their careful hand
ling aud arrangement The prices he ask
do not seem high, and yet the pro ceeds OF
III s stall invariably exceed all competitors
| have known ms ances where one cia'e of
the selected Fl uit would sell for double the
price OF one unsolicited.
AUTUMN LEAVES Ga her them as soon as
they begin to change color. dry them be-
tween the leaves of old periodicals that have
been stitched to ether. Change every two
or three days for a week, then place In =
book ready for use. For al leaves not
pasted paper Use boil q Iinse ed oil, rub
hing on just o. Ough with a wOulen rag 10
give the leaves n II. s.. Keep them spread
out a few days after OiliHg. When the
groups are pa ted on papsr, press them be-
tween hooks till they are smooth ar dTV,
then apply with small brush one or two
coats OF v bite varDish. For wrea,hs make
he size and wild II required az stiff paper,
and sew piece of steel hoop on
tile back to Ike. p it from warning. and a
loop o hang iJ up by. Begin at th9 top. ar
range and sew ON tie small leaves and have
tie larger and most brilliant at the bottom
fTanspaTencies Tor The window made Of
leaves Jastefully arranged and placed he
tween b0binet lace, then surrounded with
spsndrels from the photographers are very
pretty. Lamp shades made of perforated
paper are beautiful as we'll as useful. Cut
six pieces of the same size and shane. ar
range each a group OF leaves or ferns,
tack them on very slightly, line the back
with white tissue paper, cover the leaves
With tarlttnu or lace, bind the eoges with
brown and crimson ribbon and sew hem
tOget, er. For muclage tt paste tie leaves
on Bri>tnl b lard. Use two parts of gum
Arabic and one ofsugar.