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catsup, spiced grapes, canned grapes, conserves in which grapes 

 are used, preserves and mince-meat are among the desirable 

 culinary products easily and cheaply prepared from home-grown 

 grapes or those bought in the market. Only simple domestic 

 utensils are needed in the preparation of any of these products. 



Grape-sirup is less easily produced, yet can be made in any 

 home without the addition of sugar. It is not only a good table 

 sirup, but is a most useful sugai substitute for the preparation 

 of other culinary products. The Muscadine grapes in the 

 South, to be purchased by almost every householder in south- 

 eastern United States, in particular, are useful for these domestic 

 products. Recipes for all of these products can be found in cook 

 books, and one or two bulletins and circulars from the United 

 States Department of Agriculture give recipes for preparing 

 grapes for domestic purposes. Farmers' Bulletin 859 entitled 

 Home Uses for Musrodlnc Grapes is a particularly valuable 

 publication on this subject. 



It is interesting to note that several large manufacturers of 

 grape-juice are puttiug on the market grape jams, jellies and 

 marmalades. It would seem that these delicious and wholesome 

 products would fiud a ready sale iu the markets of the country, 

 and that their manufacture w(nild prove profitable to the maker 

 and to the graju'-grower. The greater the use of grapes for 

 their products, the better the grower can breast the blows of 

 unfavorable markets and over-production. 



