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Plums, Preserved, for Making Pies

Divide the fruit, and take out the stones. Put the plums into a deep jar, place this in a saucepan of boiling water, and let them boil gently until the juice flows freely. Then with each pound of the fruit put an ounce of crushed loaf sugar. When the sugar is dissolved by the hot juice, pour the whole into wide-mouthed glass bottles. Cover the tops closely, and store in a cool place. Plums preserved in this way will keep for a short time only. Time, about an hour.