Certo Recipes for Making Perfect Jellies and Marmalades

“Mother Nature's Jell Maker” — the 1922 leaflet that promised no more boiling the flavour away, with an exact recipe for every fruit.

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Cherry Jam

4 level cups (2 lbs.) PITTED AND CRUSHED Cherries ¼ cup Water 71/2 level cups (34 lbs.) Sugar 1 bottle (scant cup) CERTO Sour cherries give finest flavor.

Pit and crush well about 21/2lbs. fruit. Measure crushed cherries into large kettle and add water.

Tie 3 tablespoons pits in cloth and crush with hammer. Place with cherries to increase flavor, stir until boiling, cover kettle, simmer 10 minutes, then remove pits. Proceed as below.

Grape or 4 level cups (2 lbs.) Cooked Fruit 7 level cups (3 lbs.) Sugar ½ bottle (scant 1/2 cup) CERTO

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