New-York tribune., 1905-12-18
THIS MAN CANS FRUIT.
Women Potter Too Much, He Says
His Easy Method.

'Tt takes q man to can fruit said the young
literary man. who adds the art OF preserving 10
other practical accomplishments. the women
folks are apt to potter about for fear of cracking
a glass burning their hands or spilhng niue
fruit They put up a half dozen quarts in morn
ing and consider 1t fair amount And these are are
plain canners-not the fancy ones. who lose sun
more time by cooking the fruit in the jars so as
to keen the shape OF each berry. But must give
credit TO one Long Island woman. a neighbor OF
ours for using masculine methods she turheo d
crate of raspberries into jam IN single norhlhs'
She had two girls going 10 school and coulon
afford to waste time.
..rne first summer went into the business In
Western New-York did as many as twenty quarts
in a morning which included a close study for
beetles leaves and other debris. had three acres
of red raspberry bushes that were pcNeu cle an an
soon after dawn every other day by local staf OF
girls boys and old women. They received TWO
cents q quart for picking
81 would take quart box from the crate, empty
the berries on a large platter, and pick out the
foreign elements in half minute sarcastic aunt
made remarks; but she secretly admired this
masculine dispatch About ten quarts would be
smashed down in a porcelain kettle ana put on the
fire with a small dipperful Of wafer 4he JUICE
comes out quickly and the less water the better.
While the stuff was heating would rinse my ne"
glass cans tops and rubbers, and bring a table
close to the stove. I would put in the sugar a
reacup to quart. when the fruit began to steam
and soon after IT had to q boil It was READY
to can
.oThe tars won't break If you dip them in hot
water and set them on a warm wet cloth. Take a
small tin dipper. fiji it with boiling fruit. and hustle
Il into the jar. a funnel is waste OF time; you
can't spill enough to matter. When the jar Is fun
you slip fork around the sides to let out the ar
bubbles Then you fill to the brirn with juice, ht
on the rubbers If they haven't been put on before
which Is better, and holding the volcanic can IN a
cloth with the left hand. screw the top down hard
with the right Out OF more than twelve dozen
in WAY
rrented. Everything depends the heat of the
fruit, the ht of the tops and the freedom OF the
last simmer ! canned smaller quantities at a
variety however including cherries strawberries,
red and black raspberries. currants and wineoerres
turpentine flavor and IS like the red raspberry.
which is said to be impossible to preserve was sue
cessfully canned in the same Wsy. STeS5 sTgen if
onion horse radish and nasturltum SEEDS. were
@TRe recipe books tell any wayfaring man how
to nix nedenS& & but tt the Sh9st cuts n9 2nq ra6e
$50 too nocb eligar unless voi1 want fanny
sweetness If the book says to drain pickles all
18th ooth II is Ven to know also that cannst tot-
ing in hot kitchen may feel dissatisfaction W!th ms
pieted picture: the stufs doesn't taste very good
RoW It Vii P05 Be S6 fodd for the gas ~ Out 0o
Jelly is not my forte, perhaps because it in
n1GeS maze some by 'i merely bong down grape uce
Preserving grape Juice vas ] an Exp expermebt tho
grapes and tried vainly to get a press TO extract
the Juice Then hit on the scheme Of MASKING
nasher and simmering them over the FIRE. rieged
up large cheese cloth bag, let them drain awhile
sure. It gave ones fingers ane literary stain
1.-The Juice was brought to a boil and sweeteneo
II was put up in regular glass cans. beer bottles
found in the cellar and two-quart ammonia bottles,
which were corked and sealed with parafine 4 few
hours odd labor realized for US twenty quarts OF
choice grape Juice, such retails for 50 cents
quart in diluted state. The beer bottles. provided
ith an air tight top the most convenient pack
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them.
ITS easy to pack fruit II will bear shipn7ent as
freight Get box large enough for dozen cans.
pad the bottom with excelsior and pack excelsi2r
tightly between the Jab I down with q STICK
Then nail on the cover and mark This side up
''L.terature may go to the dogs" concluded the
author but the practical toothsOne results Of can
ming fruit stay with you all winter a dish Of
strawberries that you did yourself has nectar OF
"Reminiscences and the Juice OF the grape brings up
happy moments under the arbOr.'