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FRUIT JUICES. 



To prepare grape or currant juices : Wash the fruit, and put 

 it on the stove, with just a little water, and bring to a scald. 

 Strain through a cloth, and add white sugar, in the proportion of 

 a pound to one quart of juice. Let it boil ten minutes, remov- 

 ing the scum as it rises. Seal in air tight bottles. 



Mrs. Almira B. Evans. 



18 One St., Salem Mass, 



GRAPE JELLY. 



Pick the grapes from the stem ; wash them, mash a little, 

 bring them to a scald and press through a cloth. Measure the 

 juice and an equal quantity of white sugar ; boil the juice ten 

 minutes, removing all the scum, have the sugar hot and add to 

 it, boiling twenty minutes longer. 



Mrs. A. B. Goss. 



3 Nursery St., Salem. 



STATEMENT OF E. L. BLAKE & CO., OF PEABODY MASS., 



Concerning the exhibition of Bees, Hives and Aparian Imple- 

 ments at the fair of the Essex Agricultural Society held at 

 Beverly Mass., Sept. 24 and 25 1889. 



In regard to bee hives, we use three styles of our own manu- 

 facture. The hive we like best, and also think the best made, 

 we call Blake's Improved American Hive. It is a double- walled 

 chaff hive, that is, a space between the brood chamber and out- 

 side wall to be filled with chaff in the cold season. It is very 

 simple in all its parts. The frames in the lower story rest upon 

 a cleat upon the bottom board, and can easily be removed. It 

 is complete with eight frames, but will hold twelve. The sur- 

 plus is taken care of in a crate of twenty-four one-pound sec- 

 tions, in a crate placed directly over the brood frames. We 

 use with this hive, and also with all our hives, a feeder made so 



