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o/>e  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
March  18,  1910. 
lonevs  Fruit  and 
Ornamental 
$  SHRUBS.ROSES  AMD  VINES 
Catalog  with  colored  illusl rations \ 
Spade-dug  holes,  like  pots, 
confine  and  cramp  the  roots. 
Set  your  trees  out  in  blasted 
holes.  Stop  the  big  percentage 
of  early  losses.  Make  them 
grow  sturdy,  hearty  and  fast. 
Cash  in  on  your  investment 
quicker  by  getting  earlier 
yields. 
with  the  liquor  from  the  can  and  served 
with  biscuits  or  dumplings,  and  be  as 
fine  as  a  freshly  cooked  chicken.  We 
think  it  is  bettor,  for  all  the  juices  of  the 
meat  are  retained,  and  it  is  deliciously 
tender. 
1  can  pork  chops,  lamb  chops  and  rab¬ 
bit  the  same  way.  only  usi,ug  two-quart 
jars;  also  sausage,  and  sparerihs  with 
sauerkraut,  pork  and  beans,  spaghetti 
with  tomatoes  and  bacon,  and  lamb  and 
veal  tongues,  (whole).  Also  linked  Tol- 
man  Sweet  apples,  baked  whole  in  a 
heavy  syrup,  and  then  canned,  which 
when  heated  in  the  oven  in  the  syrup 
and  served  with  sweet  cream  would  sat¬ 
isfy  even  the  Hope  Farm  man.  These 
apples  we  use  in  the  Spring  after  green 
apples  are  gone,  and  before  berries  come. 
The  skin  of  the  Tolman  Sweet  is  tough, 
and  they  do  not  break  with  cooking.  I 
also  use  half  gallon  jars  for  these. 
WISCONSIN. 
and  left  in  fireless  cooker.  Some  of  the 
foods  named  should  not,  except  in  rare 
cases,  be  cooked.  Dried  fruits  arc  far 
better  in  every  way  merely  soaked,  than 
when  boiled  for  even  a  few  minutes. 
Cooking  seems  to  dissolve  some  of  the 
strong  elements,  making  the  flavor  quite 
unpleasant  as  compared  with  the  same 
fruit  merely  softened  in  hot  water.  Let 
readers  who  have  not  tried  the  method 
soak  small  lots  of  the  different  dried 
fruits  as  apricots,  nectarines,  peaches, 
prunes,  raisins,  etc.  Try  with  both  cold 
and  hot  water,  with  enough  water  to  cov¬ 
er  fruit,  and  an  inch  or  more  to  spare. 
Set.  at  hack  of  stove  where  it  may  keep 
warm  for  two  or  three  hours.  Serve 
warm  or  cold  as  may  be  preferred,  aud 
be  sure  to  try  all — even  the  apricots — 
without  sugar,  as  the  soaked  fruit  is  so 
n  uch  milder  little  if  any  sugar  is  needed. 
Most  fruits  are  healthier  when  eaten 
uncooked,  some  being  laxative  when  eat¬ 
en  raw,  yet  constipating  when  cooked. 
About  the  only  objection  to  the  new 
method  is  that  nearly  every  one  will  eat 
so  much  dried  fruit  that  we  will  all  have 
to  pay  advanced  prices  when  i,t  is  gen¬ 
erally  known,  unless  the  growers  keep 
pace  with  the  growing  demand. 
Rolled  oats  was  another  food  advised 
to  be  boiled  five  minutes  before  heating 
three  to  32  hours  in  the  fireless  cooker. 
The  o!i ts  before  rolling  are  steamed,  and 
are  better  if  eaten  without  further  cook¬ 
ing.  Rolled  or  crushed  wheat  is  the 
same.  All  cereals  arc  lacking  in  fat  and 
protein,  with  carbohydrates  in  excess, 
while  sugar  is  wholly  carbohydrate,  and 
its  addition  still  further  unbalances  the 
ration,  while  butter,  cream  or  other  fat 
helps  to  balance.  Try  some  without 
cooking  and  without  sugar,  and  learn 
what  delicious  flavors  you  have  been 
spoiling  by  sugaring  and  porridging.  T'se 
a  little  butter,  cream  or  milk,  merely 
enough  to  dampen  slightly,  chew  tbor- 
mi oniuv  a  new  luxury.  These 
Buy  from  a 
firm  with  nearly 
k  50  years’  ex- 
perieuee  in 
succcssf  u  1 
|_f  growing. 
tree  s 
that  are  \  ~ 
sure  to 
yield  you  a 
profit.  Free  >P 
catalog.  * 
GEO.  A.  SWEET 
NURSERY  CO. 
Established  1869 
20  Miiplo  Strool 
DANSVILLE,  N.  1 
Uncle  Sam’s  0.  K. 
The  U.  S.  Department  of  Agri¬ 
culture  gives  its  endorsement  to 
the  standard  seed  disinfectant — 
Millions  of  Trees 
PLANTS,  VINES,  ROSES,  Etc. 
The  oldest,  laicest  and  most  complete  nursery  in 
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Greatest  yield  secured  by  destroying  all 
smuts  and  fungus,  and  scab  and  black¬ 
leg  in  potatoes.  It  is  the  cheapest  and 
best  disinfectant  for  stables,  kennels, 
chicken  houses  and  cellars — il  kills  flies. 
Formaldehyde  pint  bottles  35  cents  at 
your  dealer.  Write  for  new  book  re¬ 
porting  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture's 
experiments  in  seed  treatment — FREE  on 
request. 
PERTH  AMBOY  CHEMICAL  WORKS 
100  WILLIAM  STREET  NEW  YORK 
'Wholesale  Prices.  Direct  from  Krower.iiUuoranteeU 
quality.  Apph >  &  peach  trees..  Aspim.irus.  gnoBober- 
rien.bMTy  plants,  privet  hedging  New  cata  or?  ready 
THE  WESTMINSTER  NURSERY,  Box  129,  Weslmlnslor,  Md, 
Apple,  Pear,  Peach,  — ,  _  _  direct  o 
Cherry,  Plum  Trees,  SPECIAL  grower  and  so  m- 
Roses,  Shrubs,  etc.,  Otters  on  Or-  sure  choice, 
at  one-half  agent's  $  d  5,1  e  healthy.  Imray  ca¬ 
prices.  T  tees. _  ric lies  true  to  name 
DENTON,  WILLIAMS  &  DENTON 
WHM.E8AU  NURSLRIIS.  G  W  Williams.  Mgr  H»»  DO.  N.  t. 
All  the  Apple  Trees  Worth  Plaxnting 
in  yoni  orchard  nm  liHiedln  KltcS I  K'S  FRUIT  ■  UrKItOOti 
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SAMUEL  FRASER  NURSERY.  Inc. 
1 26  Main  Street  Geneseo.  N.  Y. 
the  reply  of  K.  <  -  W.  in  wmeu  n  is 
stated  that  meat  cannot  be  canned  with 
the  bones  left  in.  without  overcooking 
the  meat.  I  have  canned  meat  for  five 
vears,  especially  chicken,  with  the  bones 
in,  and  it  is  delicious. 
I  joint  the  chickens  the  same  as  for 
frying,  and  crowd  a  whole  one,  weigh¬ 
ing  from  four  to  five  pounds,  in  a  quart 
jar,  leaving  out  the  back  aud  nock.  The 
back  is  a  large  bone  with  little  meat 
on,  and  takes  up  too  much  room.  By 
careful  packing  it  is  easy  to  get  a  whole 
chicken  in  each  jar.  I  cut  the  breast 
once  across,  or  if  a  very  large  chicken, 
twice;  put  these  pieces  in  the  bottom  of 
jar,  next  the  thigh  pieces  aud  wings 
(with  the  end  tips  removed),  and  last 
the  lower  leg  pieces  with  the  small  end 
down.  These  sometimes  have  to  be 
crowded  very  tightly  to  get  them  in.  but 
the  meat  shrinks  somewhat  in  cooking, 
and  they  will  come  out  much  easier  than 
they  go  in.  Put  a  half  teaspoon  of  salt 
in  each  jar,  put  on  covers,  and  boil  three 
hours,  having  plenty  of  boiling  water 
ready  to  replace  what  evaporates  in 
Gooseberries  and  Currants.  Best  varieties  Cond  fm 
nnd  finest  grade  of  stock.  Guaranteed  true.  OCUU  101 
Prepared  to  meet  the  demands  of  largo  and  FRFE 
small  growers  and  country  estates.  Largest  • 
growers  of  grape  vines  and  small  fruits  in  R(jf)K 
the  country. 
T.  S.  HUBBARD  CO.,  Box  34,  Fredonla,  New  York 
RIGHT  AT  HAND 
