Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-01-03
The home csnnery For Commercial
Purposes.

commercial purposes, I'm ca"s are
the only kind now in general use
The 2 pound cans can be purchas.
ed in Baltimore, shipped by wateI
and laid down here for about ~ 90
per hundred.
Wishing to test the problem ol
the practicability Of home canning
for commercial purposes ordered
a "Rialto" canning outfit which
cost me $40 90. including all work
ing tools and every essential for
complete and successful work, be
sides a very valuable book of in.
structions. While everything can
nable can be canned with it have
80 far used it only for canning
black berries and peaches, and | am
proud to say that ! never saw
better or finer canned fruit,
For canning blaekberries, Gil
the cans (Which are usually OF
the 2.pound size) almost full, and
AS they should be handled as little
as possible, and never when damp
even with dew, it is better and will
save time and labor to pick the
berries directly from the bushes
into II e cans. When filled, pour
water in to within a quarter or
half inch Of the top, nearly or quite
covering the berries, then solder
the caps on and immerse in boil.
ing water to within one or two
inches Of the top of the cans aud
exhaust by boiling for three min.
utes. then remove 10 the table and
"tip" them, that is solder up the
little holes in the center of the cap.
Il
Now submerge them in boiling wa
ter and cook for seven minutes,
then set them away bottom side up,
20 that if any leak remains 1t may
be readily detected.
Straw berries should exhaust three
minutes and cook six minutes.
Large fruit, such as peaches and
pears should be canned in 3.pound
cans with large holes. Peaches
should exhaust five minutes aud
cook ten minutes. The process of
canning ether kinds OF fruits is
about the same except the difference
in time Of cooking. The same
general directions are followed in
canning vegetables; however, my
experience in that liue has been
limited. | consider the canning
of vegetables Of equal importance
with that OF fruit, and for CONNER
cial purposes ! believe it would
yield a larger profit and could
certainly be reached in a new
country much earlier than fruit.
In fact, to understand just how To
successfully can corn, peas, beans,
tomatoes, okra, etc, would enable
the farmer and truck grower 10
supply hi, family with good fresh
wholesome vegetables the entire
year, and beyond that can for COM
mercial purposes 70 the extent of
his iacilitie. and ability.
II is not within the province of
this paper TO discuss the broader
subject Of canning factories, and
while | am not out in an adver.
Using paper for the Rialto, yet
having had practical acquaintance
with it ! must certainly recon
mend it, not for the benefit of the
inventor or dealer, only so far as
it may benefit our people. The
little Instruction book makes every.
thing clear and tell. how to can all
kind Of fruits, vegeta bIes, etc.
The subject of canning fruit and
vegetables in the South opens up
a broad field for profitable employ
ment, and may be engaged in by
almost every farmer. truck and
fruit grower, greatly to his pecun-
larry advantage.
In conclusion / want to say
that | regret the lack of interest
among truck and fruit growers in
the South in the line OF canning
up their products as almost a ca
lamity. Many a family has become