Canning, Preserving and Jelly Making

How your great-grandmother filled the cellar every autumn: the 1915 standard guide to canning, preserving, pickling and jelly making.

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Tables for Canning

Only young, tender vegetables may be canned successfully. As vegetables mature, the sugar in composition is changed to starch; and starch is not sterilized as easily as is sugar. Let the vegetables be freshly gathered and crisp. Particular directions for preparation will be given for each vegetable under its special head.

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