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to every chemist, that when cane sugar and 
fruit are boiled together the acid of the 
fruit causes a chemical change in the sugar 
to take place, which cliangts the sugar to 
grape sugar. 
1 do not suppose they intend to throw 
away six pounds of sugar out of every ten 
they use in the preparation of fruit. Yet 
such is the fact. They have, as a result of 
the boiling, ten pounds of glucose which is 
only equal to four pounds of sugar; and be¬ 
sides this loss the fruit has, to a great extent, 
lost its true flavor, and is, of course, inferior 
in quality to that sweetened wdth cane sug¬ 
ar. How can fruit be sweetened with cane 
sugar without making this change and loss 
of flavor? .vs that is the principal object ot 
this paper I will answer the question. 
First, cook your fruit until it is “done 
then, if you have time, let it get cold, and 
then add your sugar, mixing it well; let it 
stand an hour or more. If you have not 
time to wait, add your sugar when it is only 
partially cool, and you will only lose 5 or 6 
per cent of the sugar. 
In the making of preserves there are two 
ways to avoid the loss of sugar. One is to 
use only glucose and fruit in equal parts, 
as it is much cheaper to buy glucose than to 
make it of the higher priced cane sugar. 
Another way is to cook your fruit as before 
described, then add one-half a pound of sug 
ar to the pound of fruit and seal up in cans, 
or steam the fruit when practicable, lay it in 
the cans and fill up with hot syrup made so 
as to contain the proper proportion of sugar, 
and seal. You will then save nearly all the 
sugar. Preserves made in this way will 
ferment unless sealed in air-tight cans. 
In the ordinary canning of fruit no sugar 
should be used, as a part of it turns to glu¬ 
cose while hot, and if the fruit in the can 
ferments through some imperfection in the 
process, as frequently happens, your sugar 
is lost entirely. Open your cans an hour or 
more before meal time, add your sugar, mix 
it well and let it stand; the sugar will thor¬ 
oughly permeate the fruit by that time, and 
no sugar is lost. 
I suppose everybody uses glass cans to a 
greater or less extent. A good many years 
ago a lady taught me how to fill a cold glass 
can with boiling fruit without the danger 
of breakage. I have seen the plan tried 
often enough to have entire faith in it. 
Place in the empty can a spoon that is 
long enough to reach from the bottom to 
the top of the can, pour in your boiling 
fruit, remove the spoon and seal. The can 
will not break. Please do not ask me io ex¬ 
plain the philosophy of it, as I dislike very 
much to plead ignorance, so I hope you will 
ask some of the knowingones in your vicin- 
ity and let m j know the explanation.— Cor¬ 
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