New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-01
Some Fruitful Suggestions
from Mrs. Julian Heath

"Rhubarb Is cheap now, too. 1t should
be put UP without sweetening to be useu
for winter pies. 1t can be sweetened Wheh
it Is used
"As for cherries, Of course. the natives
haven't come In yet, but the prospects are
that they will be cheap. The Housewives
League members write me from all over
the country that the trees are loaded. We
are quite as likely to get them cheap mere
in New York City as is any one In coun-
try town. That IS always more or less
true of produce that Is in much demand IN
the cities but ] have specific Instance III
mind. one of my members wrote me yes
terday from Kansas City. She Is right IN
the heart Of a great cherry country, she
said but she finds it impossible to buy
crate under 81. Most of the time she Is
glad to get them even by the quart, as
almost the whole crop IS shipped OIL 10
the wholesale dealers, and the growers
wouldn't be bothered with small sales 10
the neighbors.
Cherries are usually put up for use IN
pies. buildings and sauces. Some house
wives prefer TO remove the cherry stones
because they are 50 unpleasant to eat. On
Inc OtIltf Manu-, inc avn II SAl'btNI'ii~"
If the stones are allowed to remain. a
f1vortc way OF mine for using plain canned
cherries IS to substitute them for those
mara schino cherries. However, II you ike
them, IT is all right Use your cherries on
I cornstarch pudding and saNc the juice for
! fruit punches.
well, last OF all We come Ia our tav-
! orite Currants. There Is AN old New Eng
! land saying | heard In my childhood:
! 'Currant Jelly must he made before July !.
| There IS a reason FOR this AZ currant Juic"
| Is better Favored early IN the season, and
! the jelly-makiuS properties are i'm a better
state. 7 would have said that everybody
knew that the stems needn't be- taken from
currants. but ] had letter from - woman
recently who said she didn't make currant
! jelly because it was such 4 bother to tear
away the little stems. All That Is neces-
sary IS TO strain tho fruit after IT * cooked.
Country folks used not 10 wash their
' currants. but I believe every ore does
now, because 80 many bushes have been
sprayed to kill insects.
- delicious conserve IL made by put
ting up currants and raSpbcrres together.
, Tho latter. when cooked. have such an
insirid flavor that the addition Of ittlo
curTant juice is great Improvement
Raspberries are too expensive to be put
up I'm large quantities now. They cost II
cents "a small box here I'm the city
1T makes one sad to think Of the thou
! sands Of acres Of perfect raspberries going
to waste In the country districts where
there may have been forest fires. They
arc 40 perishable It IS impossible to get
them To the consumer. a farmers wife
wrote me from upstate that she could
furnish me with berries at II cents quart
instead OF If cents a small box, but what's
the use? They would be only mess be-
fore they reached here.
"Huckleberrtcs arc the most valuable OF
tho wild berries for the season, because
they keep best BlLeberries are soft ana
perishable They are inferior In flavor too
TO the huckleberry. which, however, may
! be much improved II put up with spices