The Republican journal., 1885-12-17

/ trine and sugar. Pray did you ever taste cider
apple sauce--the sweet cider condensed to the
thickness and color of strained honey, with
clear quarters of apple and ounce floating i'll
il. a never GLOWING food, with all the pleasure
and health that food was meant to have:
Doesn't it sound as if you would like to eat it?
Any farmers family used to have barrels of it
stored for lis OWN use in winter. Now one
cannot ret a gallon of il tor love or money.
These things are finer than the finest preserves
made with sugar, as they have The high natur-
al flavor unspoiled. In orchard regions. fruit
growers complain that the low prices hardly
pay for picking and barrelling green apples In
Central New \ ork, Virginia. and even in Mas
>achuscttS. apples and pears 20 to decay 10y
Wagon-oad~. because the price al time of rip
ening will not Yield a profit to the gatherer. \
Virginia correspondent writes u> Of bushels Of
the finest plum> going to decay in every garden
because there is literally no sale for them At
home | want to say to all persons where
fruit Is plenty do not suffer a quart to waste,
but dry, preserve, OF pickle it ALL and it will
bring treble the price of ripe fruit green. En-
pcn>Nc preserving with sugar is not called for.
The jlIicc Of fruits condensed by long boiling
forms the richest, highly favored ~Srup>-thc
finest possible foundation for beverages, and
for preserving other fruit cooked in il. Grape
juice makes nectar beyond wine in this way.
Watermelon juice make, a luscious syrup,
sweet a. honey. and substitute for sugar or
caue syrup for family use. or preserving.
These things have been made for private
Use. Grape syrup has been standby in my
own family for wears. ami melon syrup l. we'll
known in southern homes WHY should not
people who are longing for some way II make
a little money. while their rich gardens are
dropping fruit around them. put money in
their purses and take the heavy care of pre-
~erN Ing OH The shoulders of city huu>ckccpcrSE
The omcn'S Educational and Industrial IL
ion. Boston. sold over nine thousand dollars
worth of these homemade jcllie~ and sweet
meats last wear, pUI up by private hands in
small quantities. The southern women sent
hundreds Of their clear liz, pineapple. pcr~im-
Fair. at Boston. last autumn. and il WAS one Of
the most tempting parts of the show.
Here j. something from which Wocmn can
make money with more certainty than from
any pursuit open to them except poultry -rai>-
inc. Country merchants Will do good thing
for their trade bv taking homemade apple
butter, cider apple->auce, and preserves Of all
sorts from private hands for the city dealers
Look how the trade in wild raspberry am
l>lIch staple with bakers and cider jelly has
grown in five wears. and never fear but better
things will sell n well. OF course it i good
thing when city people can buy homemade
preserves directly from the makers. Till some
better way i dtl i~rd, if the women who make
would like to be supplied. Wl write me. |
shall be happy TO put them in communication
with the nearest sources of supply. Will not
women and kindly-liSposed persons every
where. take interest enough in this fresh pur-
suit To encourage it, beginnings? Ii will soon
develop into a business, and no trade deserve,
more attention than the family industries which
relieve the wants of many small homes.
Walnut Hill Mass. SUSAN POWER.