Hot 
Steam 
Steam 
pressure- 
pressure- 
water 
cooker 
cooker 
Scald or 
bath 
5 to 10 
10 to 15 
Products 
blanch 
at 212° 
pounds 
pounds 
Fruits of all kinds: 
Min. 
Min . 
Min. 
A/in. 
Smartweed sprouts 
Purslane or “pusley” 
15 
120 
50 
35 
15 
120 
50 
35 
Pokeweed 
15 
120 
50 
35 
Dandelion 
15 
120 
50 
35 
Marsh marigold 
15 
120 
50 
35 
Wild mustard 
Milkweed (tender sprouts 
15 
120 
50 
35 
and young leaves) 
15 
120 
50 
35 
Pod vegetables: 
Beans (lima or string) 
5 
120 
60 
40 
Okra 
5 
120 
60 
40 
Peas 
5 
120 
60 
40 
Roots and tubers: 
Beets 
6 
90 
60 
35 
Carrots 
6 
90 
60 
35 
Sweet potatoes 
Other roots and tubers, as 
6 
90 
60 
35 
parsnips or turnips 
6 
90 
60 
35 
Soups— all kinds 
... 
90 
60 
45 
Shellfish 
3 
180 
90 
60 
Poultry and game 
20 
210 
150 
60 
Fish 
5 
180 
150 
90 
Pork and beef 
30 
240 
210 
90 
NOTICES 
The Garden is open free to the public daily, from 8 a. m. un- 
til sunset; on Sundays and holidays at 10 a. in. The Laboratory 
Building, containing the library, herbarium, and offices, is open 
daily, from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. The Conservatories are open April 
1-October 1, 10 a. m.-4:30 p. m.; October 1-April 1, 10 a. m.-4 p. m. 
The Garden may be reached by Flatbush Ave. trolley to Malbone 
St.; Franklin Ave., Lorimer St., and Tompkins Ave. trolleys to 
Washington Ave.; St. John’s Place and Rogers Ave. trolleys to 
Sterling Place; Vanderbilt Ave., Sixteenth Ave., Union St., Green- 
point, and Smith St. trolleys to Prospect Park Plaza and Union St., 
and Brighton Beach elevated to Consumers’ Park Station. (The ele- 
vated trains stop only when the conductor is notified in advance.) 
A docent will meet parties by appointment and conduct them 
through the Garden. This service is free to members of the 
Botanic Garden and to teachers with classes; to others there is a 
nominal charge of 25 cents an hour for parties of less than three, 
and 10 cents a person per hour for parties of three or more. 
Current numbers of Leaflets are free to all who wish them. 
Back series, complete, 50c. each; single numbers, 5c. each. 
The Leaflets are published weekly or biweekly from April to June, and 
September to October, inclusive, by The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 
at Washington Avenue and Montgomery Street, Brooklyn, N. Y- 
Telephone: 6173 Prospect. 
Mail address: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn. N. Y 
