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BEANS, LIMA. 



The Large ^Ybite Lima and the Small White Lima are the two 

 principal varieties of lima beans that are packed. The yield is about 

 75 bushels of shelled beans to the acre. The pods are shelled by 

 hand and the beans are packed, without blanchiog, in 2 pound cans, 

 dipped in a hot brine and sealed in the usual way. Lima beans are 

 processed in the closed kettle for thirty minutes at 240 degrees Fahr- 

 enheit. 



SUCCOTASH. 



A combination of sweet corn and small lima beans is much called 

 for in certain markets and will generally be found amoog ''quota- 

 tions." The proportion of each is about two parts of the former to 

 one part of the latter. The corn is cut from the ear as for the "moist 

 pack," that is cutting off the whole grain. The combination is then 

 put in 2 pound cans according to the "moist pack" method for corn. 



SQUASH AND PUMPKIN. 



Boston Marrow and Hubbard squash, and a«y good cooking variety 

 of pumpkin are canned in limited quantities, the latter for making 

 pies. 



'Squash and pumpkins are first blanched, just enough to soften the 

 rind to make peeling easy. They are then sliced and grated or 

 mashed and packed into 3 pound caos making them full and using 

 no liquor. The processing may be done in either the open or closed 

 kettle, allowing forty minutes in the former and fifteen minutes in 

 the lati;er. 



FRUITS. 



The process of fruit canning is very simple and therefore fruits 

 are excellent material for a canner to begin on. The principles on 

 which commercial canning is based are the same as those by which 

 fruits have been canned for many years in kitchens. But in the 

 handling of large quantities of perishable fruit in the manner that be- 

 comes necessary at a large canning factory, a considerable executive 

 ability is demanded. The purchase of the fruit to be delivered in 

 regular installments, the prompt preparation of it for the cans to 

 avoid discoloration and deterioration, and every other operation to 

 the conclusion of the process require some experience, wisdom and 



