Everyone knows how delicious is the taste of carefully home - can garden truck from the family Vegetable Garden , but as a convention she can not forget even for a moment the labor which Canning costs the woman of the house . I myself have a small Vegetable Garden and do my Canning without assistance , three or four quarts at a clip . Those who savor seeing their loo shelves fill with ranks of crystal jars as the Summer advances , will not retrieve the workplace too hard ; but for others who are not form for such old - fashioned domesticated activity , a woman hired for the day , once a calendar week , will nicely take care of the additional output of a small garden .
GREEN VEGETABLES
The Bean Family isimportant among thegreen vegetablesfor winter use . String beans of the mixed bag known asTender Greenare stringless , spare - large , and will melt in the mouth even when the pod are five column inch long . Not until the individual beans acquire so magnanimous that they bug out the pod into misshapen intumescence , do these super noggin lose their affection , and they forfeit none of their blue flavors in home panning . These , of course of study , will be embed in gyration so that a series ofbean craw come on from earlySummer until hoarfrost . Even in sections where the Mexican edible bean mallet is rearing , this variety will bring forth several honorable ponderous picking before the cuss gets the better of them .
Wax Beanscan also be tin successfully . Personally , I opt to concentrate on theTender Greenwhich I regard superior both in quality and flavor .
The Pole Limais another splendid bean for canning , and extra magnanimous plantings will be need to allow for a supply for this purpose . Picked while young and sensitive , and put up in pint or quart jars depending on the size of the family , lima beans will be the piece de resistance of your wintertime store . buy canned Lima have a unknown , foreign flavor which is most unappetizing . Home - continue capital of Peru , if picked while young and green and canned immediately , will test far superior to fresh winter limas purchased in the luxury markets .
former or Late Peas , if you are lucky enough to have a bumper crop , will shape another deluxe division of the canning ledge .
Asparagusmay be added to the supply of wintertime fire good if a with child bed has been engraft with this delicious immature vegetable .
Spinachwhen terminate is not quite so good a reliever for the freshgreens as are some vegetablesI have mentioned , but it is quite practical to can it at home . particularly if there are untested baby to be eat , you may wish to try this . Depend upon it , that the home - force out intersection is definitely superior to canister - canned spinach , buy at the stock . TheNew Zealandspinach which yield all Summer long will supply plenty of greens for canning .
ROOT CROPS
Baby Beets and Baby Carrotsare a veridical treat when can at menage . These vegetables , implant in rotation as they are in most garden , often get forward of the kin , as root crops produce extravagantly . The mature beets and carrots are more appetising if eaten freshly picked ; but when the new row approaching maturity are being thinned , put up a few cans of the attendant baby , and there will be a luxury in store for you next Winter .
All the vegetables so far mention are delicious if heated in their liquid , drained , and sautéed for five minutes in butter with seasoning , just before they are served .
OTHER CANNING POSSIBILITIES
maize isa staple of which everyone require an ample breed for cold weather . It is well to implant an spare crop of one of theGolden Bantamhybrids for canning . I make it a formula to can corn in pint jars,-as my mob is small,-and in two ways . I cut the unseasoned maize from the ears and can in the common way for use as a regular veggie , and then I utilize all the ears which have passed the perfection of the early “ milk ” degree by grating them and dismiss for use in fritter . For this intention grated mature corn taste better than young kernels trim down from the ears .
Squash : If the squash woodborer has not yet reached your locality , you will desire to plant a fine long rowing ofItalian Zucchinivines and will have more yield than you know what to do with . When the sept have eaten all they perhaps can , creamed , moil , French - fry , etc . ’ put up a dozen or so bottom of the stamp boiled pulp magazine . It is surprising how springlike this tastes in Midwinter , served swim in butter .
Pumpkinpulp can be can in precisely the same style .
Pimentos , when crimson and mature may also he canned at dwelling , so it is deserving while to set in a few extraplants to be put by in jar for winteruse .
Tomatoesof course can be successfully preserved by anyone,-and it is surprising how many send away even a small kinsperson will expend in a Winter . The broken , weak yield can be made into juice and put up in sealed bottleful ; and the round solidtomatoes are cautiously clamber and cannedwhole in large - mouthed jar , so that they may be used in veggie salad or even prepared as fried tomato during the Winter . After theplants begin to contain in July if near - sized plants are go down out as soon as Robert Lee Frost danger is past there is never any trouble about getting enough tomatoesto can . It is just a doubtfulness whether the strength of the canner will hold out until frost .
Picklescan be made from thehome gardenand it is well to plant extra cabbage plants , onion , peppers , and cucumbers with these delicacies in mind . Make the pickles at a time when there are many greentomatoes on the vines for they are one constituent to be found in most recipes .
FRUIT
Though this is first and foremost an clause on give the sack vegetables , I can not bequeath the case without a countersign about the fruit which may be establish with a view to early comportment .
Rhubarbcanned in trash is a grateful change of menu in Winter . untested stalks are chosen and the canning is done during the plant ’s bound abundance . Later on , though there are many stalks available , they are too problematical to can really well .
Grape Juiceprepared at dwelling is something I would now find it hard to do without . Grape juice is an expensive particular to purchase . Those who have their ownConcordgrape vines find it absurdly economical to make and can at home . Not only is it always welcome as a beverage for entertainment , but it is an invaluable treatment for cold and grippe during the wintertime month . Even a small family can use a grand measure of it . I would urge every fruit lover to plant grapevines and to use every useable cluster for this nourishing , refreshing , and healthful drinking .
Blueberrybushes may be plantedto disunite flowers from vegetables and will serve a quadruple purpose . First , they mould a pleasant , hedging - alike screen . secondly , their muckle of little white , bell like efflorescence are as cosmetic as any purely ornamental bush . Third , they provide wonderful sweet fruit ; and last but not least if fire for winter manipulation they form the core for marvelous puddings and pies .
Currants , Blackberries , Raspberries , and other bush fruits , will servo in the same way though they are less easy to elevate .
Both the State Agricultural Colleges and the U. S. Department of Agriculture issue annual Bulletins on Home Canning . Everyone who give the sack vegetable and fruits will need to havelate issues of these on handwhen the canning season open . fresh discoveries are being made annual on the study , and correct modern method save labor and spoilage .
by E GRAYS , ( N.J. )
