The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-05

Hdu three acres or red raspberry bush les that were picked clean soon after
 dawn every other day by a local staff
 of girls, boys and old women. They
 received 2 cents a quart for picking. T would take a quart box from the
 crate, empty the berries or a large
 platter and pick out the foreign ele- ments In half a minute. A sarcastic
 aunt made remarks; but she secretly admired this masculine dispatch. About 10 quarts would be smashed down in a porcelain kettle and put on
 the fire with a small dipperful of
 water. The juice comes out quickly,
 and the less water the better. While
 the stuff was heating I would rinse
 my new glass cans, tops and rubbers,
 and bring table close to the stove. I
 would put in the sugar, a teacup to
 a quart, when the fruit began to steam
 and soon after it had come to a boil
 1t was ready to can.
 "The jars don't break if you dip | them in hot water and set them on a
 warm, wet cloth. Take small tin
 dipper, fill it with boiling fruit and
 hustle it into the jar. A funnel is
 waste of time; you can't spill enough to matter. When the jar is full you slip a fork around the sides to let out
 the air bubbles. Then you fill to
 the brim with juice, fit on the rub
 bers if they haven't been put on be-
 fore, which is better, and holding the
 volcanic can in cloth with the left
 hand screw the top down hard with the
 right. Out of more than 12 dozen cans put up in this way not more than five remented. Everything depends on the heat of the fruit, the fit of
 the tops and the freedom from seeds.
 Last summer I canned smaller quantities at time, not having so much fruit There was large va riety, however including cherries, strawberries, red and black raspber- ries, entrants and winberries, which are a new Japanese article. It has slight turpentine flavor and is like the red raspberry. Some people prefer it to everything else. Rhu- barb, which is said to be impossible to preserve, was successfully canned in the same way, Sweet green tomato pickles and cucumber pickles, en- riehed with onion, horse radish and nasturtium seeds, were also put up.
 "The receipt books tells any wayfar- ing man how to mix ingredients; but the short cuts and skillful guess work are gained by experience. Most rec ipes advise too much sugar, unless you want jammy sweetness. If the | book says to drain pickles all night, you can expedite by squeezing them | in a cloth. It is we'll to know also | that a cannist toiling in a hot kitchen | may feel dissatisfied with his prod | uet, just as an artist does over a newly completed picture; the stuff doesn't taste very good now. but six months later taken out of a cold jar It will be food for the gods.
 Jelly is not my forte, perhaps be- cause it involves too much calculation. However, have made some by merely boiling down grape juice
 Preserving grape juice was an ex- pertinent that turned out well. had about three bushels of grapes and I -ried vainly to get a press to extract he juice. Then I hit on the scheme )f mashing a kettleful of grapes, stems and all, with a potato masher md simmering them. over the fire. 'igged up a large cheese cloth bag; let hem drain awhile ana squeezed the est of the juice by hand pressure. It rave ones fingers fine literary stain.
 The juice was brought to boil and weetened. It was hot pu in regular ,lass can, beer bottles found in the ellar and two-quart ammonia bottles, which were corked and sealed with par fine. A few hoursk odd labor realiz- d for us 20 quarts dfy choice grape uice, such as retails for 50 cents a uart in diluted state, The beer ottles, provided with an air tight op, are the most convenient packages or liquid but suppose it's unlawful 0 use them.
 Its easy to pack fruit so it will ear shipment as freight. Get a box irge enough for a dozen cans, pad he bottom with excelsior and pack ex- elsior tightly between the cans. Jab
 down with a stick. Then nail on ne cover and mark "This side up.
 Literature may go to the dags.' the author, ''but the prac- S cal, toothsome results of canning 'uit stay with you all winter. A dish [ strawberries that you did yourself as nectar of remini-cene, and the \ lice under the arbor York ribune.