Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-10
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FRUIT FOR
lURPosEs.
nical to Market Hogs
$50 to 200 Pounds,
Live Weight.


Bet fruit, neither unripe nor
Mould be selected, says the
Voice. Huckleberries and
led no further preparation
Ing and picking over. Cher
INNS need to have their pits
nd peaches require, in addi-
pared and quarterd, while
Fuits need to be pared, cored
TO quarters or still smaller
The old-fashioned method of
the quarters of apples or
\ strings to hang in ding fes-
Me sunny side of the house
the kitchen wall had many
1ges. In the first place. the
n necessarily SO slow that
y of the fruit were almost
come in a measure decom-
be the drying was completed,
b second place, the festoons
Bed to the attacks of hosts
d at the present day we know
BIS not without reason that
Il Philistines named their
evil "Beelzebub, god of the
here are no more industrious
Eors of disease than they. The
has come from putrid offal to
h some slight scratch or pin-
instantly brushed away, but
BIT before he has had time to
lie blood poison which may
1e dreaded carbuncle, or even
surely fatal malignant pus-
" alighting upon articles of
" bring infections which pro-
Y sorts of stomach trouble or
bid fever or cholera.
les or fiat sheets of tin are
Eenient for this use, but are
mpart a disagreeable flavor.
DIS of some odorless wood an
'od purpose, but it is not 80
lace them SO that the oven
many at a time. There Is no
their burning, for the oven
enough to burn the wood is
bot for the fruit. which would
instead of dried. The best
have a set of agateware or
lined dripping pans kept for
ose only. In each spread a
fer of the fruit. Place the
he oven in a pile. one above
mot in such a way as to
ed dishes of them, but 'crlss-
4 that the hot air may have
IS to the Fruitful the oven
no more. In this way a
] of fruit may be done at a
e heat of the oven may be
d by putting in a small por-
: fruit to be dried, as not only
ent fruits require different
ire, but even various sorts of
fruit; a good deal depending
Their the season has been wet
at which Is gathered In a dry
'manding not only a lower
heat, but a shorter time than
cred in a wet season.
eties of even the same fruit
lually good for drying. AS a
more aid the fruit the better
eserve its qualities. The old
sour red cherry--known in
IS of the country as the En-
far better for drying and pre-
ian any of the sorts which are
re delicious when eaten fresh.
is true of the Damson plum,
lmost all plums dry well.
lively few sorts of pears are
drying, the sweetest and juci-
like the Bartlett, Virgalieu
ell being almost worthless
, is a nameless sort, a hard,
lr thing, not worth gathering
other purpose save picking,
perfectly delicious when dried
ed. Almost all old-fashiened
contain one or two trees of
probably allowed to remain
they are very prolific, and
housewives know their vir-
is pear is the only fruit we
is benefited by the use
in drying. If about a table
of granulated sugar is sprin-
each quart of the fruit and
o stand upon it for an hour
fore it is put into the oven, a
p is drawn out in which the
y be dried. When done they
e Immediately packed tight
ne jars and sealed, otherwise
act both ants and flies.
OF FATTENING PERIOD