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Pokeberries and Elderberries

Huckleberry Juice.

This is a fine Port wine coloring, as well as bouquet. and may be prepared from either fresh or dried berries, but the former are the best. The fresh berries are fermented and prepared the same as elderberries. (See "Recipe No. 9.") When the berries are dry they should be put in a copper kettle, tinned inside, and covered with water: let them soften by a slow and gentle heat, then put them into barrels, and to each ten gallons add one gallon alcohol, 95 per cent, in order to preserve them. Elderberry Juice.

At the time elderberries are gathered, make arrangements with the country people to supply the berries free from stems. Put them in casks, and cover them with spirit, 95 per cent, in the proportion of 1 gal. spirit to each 10 gals. of the berries. This will preserve the fruit, and you can use them as wanted.

Another method is to take the berries and crush and press all the juice from them, the same as you would grapes; then add spirit in the same proportion as directed above. For two other methods see "Recipes" Nos. 9 and 10. Elderberry juice is a splendid ingredient for coloring Port wine.

Mulberry Juice.

Mulberry juice is frequently used to color Port wine Prepare and treat the same as elderberries.

Pokeberries and Dwarf Elderberries Are sometimes used to color and flavor Port wine, and are prepared the same way as elderberries.