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Strawberry or Raspberry Jam

To one pound of berries allow one and one-quarter pounds of sugar; heat an earthen bowl hot on the stove, then remove it from the stove and put into it the berries and sugar, and beat them hard with a wooden spoon for as much as an hour and a half; do not cook at all, but put in jars with egg papers.

X. Jellies.

JELLY making is not difficult. It simply requires exactness and care. 1. The fruit for jellies requires to be ripe, but not dead ripe, for if much overripe the juice is not so rich. 2. The fruit must be gathered when dry; it must not be wet with rain and dew. 3. It should not lie long in bulk after being picked. Here is where those who raise their own fruit have the advantage, for any purpose, over those who buy their fruit: it is always fresh.