1911. 
THE RURAL- NEW-YORKER 
053 
very nearly resemble fresh fruit. Fruits 
that lose color, such as strawberries or 
red raspberries, should have paper bags 
or pasteboard boxes slipped over them 
to exclude the light. 
Canned Strawberries, No. 3.—Fill a 
quart jar with large, ripe berries, from 
which the hulls have been taken; fill 
the jar with cold water; then pour it 
out again into a measure. For every 
12 jars to be put up use 13 of these 
measures of water and in it dissolve 
six pounds of sugar. Pack the jar 
with berries as closely as possible with¬ 
out mashing them. Fill each jar up to 
the shoulder with syrup, cover loosely 
with the lid and set it in a large boiler, 
which should have a loosely fitting 
wooden bottom pierced with holes. If 
set on the metal bottom the jars are 
liable to crack. When the boiler is full 
of jars pour in cold water up to their 
shoulders; cover it and set it on the 
fire. At the same time put the surplus 
syrup in a saucepan and allow it to be¬ 
come hot. As soon as the water in the 
boiler begins to boil note the time, and 
when it has boiled for eight minutes 
remove the boiler from the fire. Take 
out one jar at a time, fill it even with 
the hot syrup in the saucepan, fasten it 
airtight, and stand it back in the boiler 
until all are filled and covered; let 
them stand there until cold, and then 
store in a cool place. 
Fruit for exhibition is preserved in 
high-grade alcohol diluted one-half with 
pure water, but the color is not retained 
in alcohol. If you wish to retain the 
color, some other preparation must be 
used. A useful preservative is one-half 
pound of boric acid dissolved in 50 
pounds of water. Filter the liquid if 
not clear. Another preparation is one 
ounce of salicylic acid dissolved in eight 
ounces of alcohol, diluted with two gal¬ 
lons of water. Let stand a short time 
before using. 
Canning Vegetables. 
Will some one tell how to can tomatoes, 
corn, peas, and snaps in a steam cooker? 
I have one but do not know how to can 
vegetables. mbs, l. p. m. 
All the recipes below are reliable. 
Stand the jars in your steam cooker, 
and cook just as you would in the wash 
boiler ordinarily used,but one-half longer. 
String beans are cut in lengths, boiled 
for 10 minutes, then put into cans, 
which are stood in a kettle of water and 
boiled for two hours. Add a teaspoon¬ 
ful of salt, fill the jar to overflowing 
with boiling water, screw up, and keep 
in a cool dark place. Another plan is 
as follows: Wash and break each pod 
in two or three pieces, put on the stove 
in a saucepan of cold salt water and 
when it just commences to bubble 
(don’t let it boil) drain the beans out 
and put m cans that have been washed 
and scalded. Have ready another sauce¬ 
pan of boiling salt water and fill the 
cans nearly to the brim, leaving just 
room enough for one tablespoonful of 
hot vinegar, screw on the caps and set 
away. When wanted for use pour off 
the brine and put in a saucepan of fresh 
water with a pinch of soda added; let 
them come to a boil and immediately 
pour off the water, then cook as you 
would fresh beans. 
Corn.—Cut the kernels off the cob 
with a sharp knife, scraping out the 
pulp. Fill into the can a little at a time, 
pressing it down firmly until the milk 
overflows the can. Add a teaspoonful 
of salt. When all are filled place the 
cans in a boiler and cook half an hour 
with the covers laid loosely on. Re¬ 
move from the fire and seal, then cook 
two hours longer. The preliminary 
cooking permits the corn to swell with¬ 
out endangering the cans, which may 
burst if tightly sealed from the first. 
Succotash is canned by first half filling 
the cans with green Lima beans, then 
filling the remainder of the can with 
corn, pressed down firmly. Add a tea¬ 
spoonful of salt to each can, and cook 
like corn. 
Peas.—Fill the jars full of peas, un¬ 
cooked ; then fill with cold water, and 
lay on the tops. Put in boiler, with the 
lid tightly closed, and boil three hours. 
When the jars are taken out, see that 
they are full to overflowing, and screw 
the lid on tight. Another method of 
preparing peas is to cook five minutes 
in very little water, then fill the cans, 
and place them in the boiler to cook 
for one hour. A teaspoonful of salt is 
added the last thing before sealing. 
Tomatoes.—Scald to remove the skins, 
put in the jars whole or halved, fill up 
7023 
Semi-Princesse Dress, 
oj. to 42 bust. 
with cold water; stand the jars in the 
wash boiler, boil 30 minutes, and seal. 
Do not use any overripe or fermenting 
fruit. The main things to observe in 
canning vegetables are the jars are filled 
to overflowing; that they are hermeti¬ 
cally sealed, while hot, and they they 
are stored in a cool, dry place. Vege¬ 
tables, like fruits, should be taken in 
their regular order and canned while in 
the best possible condition. 
Tomatoes Canned Whole. — Select 
firm, smooth fruit, not overripe, and 
of a size to slip into the ordinary fruit 
jar. Peel without breaking and with as 
little scalding as possible. Have ready 
a preserving kettle full of water, which 
has been salted slightly, only enough 
to taste. Just before the water reaches 
the boiling point drop the tomatoes into 
it, one layer at a time and heat through. 
Do not allow the water to boil at any 
time. When thoroughly heated trans¬ 
fer tomatoes to the cans, being careful 
not to bruise them. Fill the cans with 
the hot, salted water, and screw the tops 
on quickly. Turn the cans over in a 
deep kettle of hot water until the rub¬ 
bers are heated and set, which hermeti¬ 
cally seals the cans. In using drain 
from the salt water, and serve exactly 
as fresh tomatoes. 
The Rural Patterns. 
When ordering patterns ahvays give 
number of pattern and measurements 
desired. 
Lingerie gowns made in semi-princesse 
style are in the height of fashion. This 
one is dainty and charming, altogether 
attractive, yet by no means difficult to 
make. It will be found adapted to all 
thin materials, the marquisettes and 
voiles, as well as lawns, batistes and 
the like, and it also can be made avail¬ 
able for the thin silks that are often 
made in lingerie style. The sleeves and 
body portion of the blouse are cut in 
one in peasant style, and the trimming 
is applied on indicated lines. This 
gown is made of handkerchief lawn 
with trimming of valenciennes lace and 
bands of tucking. The gown consists of 
blouse and skirt. The blouse is tucked 
to yoke depth at the front, for full 
length at the back. The skirt is cut in 
five gores and is extended above the 
waist line to give the Empire effect. 
Blouse and skirt are joined by means 
of a belt and the trimming is arranged 
on indicated lines. For a woman of 
medium size the gown will require 8 
yards of material 27 inches wide, 5 % 
yards 36 or 5)4 yards 44, with 6 yards 
of tucked banding and 20 yards of in¬ 
sertion. The width of the skirt at the 
lower edge is 2J4 yards. The pattern. 
No. 7023, is cut in sizes for a 34, 36, 38, 
40 and 42 inch bust measure; price 10 
cents. 
The smaller pictures include 7033, 
fancy waist, with body and sleeves in 
one. 34 to 42 bust. 7003, tucked over 
blouse. 34 to 42 bust. 7007, house or 
tea gown, perforated for walking length 
with sleeves gathered into bands or 
loose. 34 to 44 bust. 7002, two-piece 
skirt with underlying panels, with high 
or natural waist line. 22 to 30 waist. 
7008, child’s rompers, 2, 4 and 6 years, 
with square, round or high neck, with 
short puffed or plain or with long 
sleeves; price of each 10 cents. 
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k eri 
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