Ingredients
- 1 pound pineapple
- 1 cup water to each 4 pounds fruit
- 4 pounds fruit
- 1 pound berries
Directions
Stem and wash the berries. If for sauce, allow pint for pint of sugar. If for pies, \ the amount is better. Finish as with blackberries.
Pare and stone the peaches and throw them into cold water. Put half the weight in sugar on the fire with an equal quantity of water, and stir till the sugar is dissolved. Put in the peaches, bring quickly to the boil, skim, and let simmer slowly till tender.
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Lift very carefully into jars, fill to tlic I)rim witli tlic i)oilinK s\ nip, and fasten up. A few kfernels arc an improvement.
Small and inferior peaches and clings should he pared only and not stoned. Some jars even of freestones should be done that way, as the ilavor is superior to that of the stoned fruit.
P1NE.A.PPLE.
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Peel the fruit, take out the core and eyes, slice or grate it and sprinkle over night with % pound sugar to 1 pound pineapple. Add 1 cup water to each 4 pounds fruit, cook and .skim for 20 minutes, and can.
Allow •] the weight of the plums in sugar; cover with it and let stand over night. For small plums conti^me as with black- berries, cocking slowly until lender. Prick large plums before sugaring down.
Pare and quarter the quinces, removing the cores. Continue as with apples, but allow twice as much sugar and no lemon. Use the parings and the skins (not the cores) for jelly, and cover with the water the quinces were boiled in.
Take young and tender rhubarb, wash, peel and cut into small pieces. Pack in glass jars, fill to overflowing with fresh cold water, screw on the covers tight, and let stand over night. Drain off the water, till again to overflowing with fresh water, screw the lids on again, and put in a cool dark place.
Rhubarb may also be canned as .stewed for the table.
STRAWBERRIES.
Stem the berries, and wash in a colander if sandy. Allow \ pound sugar to 1 pound berries, mix with the berries, and let stand 1 hour. If there is not enough juice extracted, add a little water to the kettle, and boil 5 minutes.