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Show To Can Flum. 1 Prick with a needle to prevent bursting; prepare a sirup, ullovviug a gill of pure water and a quarter of a pound of sugar to every three quarts of fruit. When the sugar is dissolved and the water blood warm put in the plums. Heat slowly to n boil. Let them boil five minutes not fast, or they will break badly; fill up the jars with plums, pour in the scalding sirup until it runs down the sides and seal. Greengages are very fine put up in this way, also damsons for pies. |