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Show HI' - '1 'iZjil- By GRACE VIALL GRAY JUJ) J--jl Household SdBea Institute. GOOD YEAR FOR CANNING This is the ytar to can, according to all reports coming from the berry, .. fruit and vegetable K "v v v sections of the L - A,. country. I There Is a big j, v j Ity of prnctleally -'' V j all fruits and veg- j i. I etables. There are p 1 going to be hun- 0 J dreds of carloads v A of luscious pears, f$ peaches, plums, """ ' J cherries, beans, to- V'ANL ?. matoes and corn to ... can, and best of Grace Viall Gray. a1 thcy nre g(),n,; to he offered at reasonable prices in bushel lots for canning, says one authority. au-thority. Cherries are being shipped from Idaho, where there is a bumper crop, 240 carloads, compared with 200 last year. Cherries are also plentiful in Michigan and Oregon. The plums that are coming from California are of good size and excellent ex-cellent quality. Alberta peaches that women want for canning are going to be plentiful and cheap. So 1020 seems to be a "lucky" year for all good honiemakers who believe that it Is "smart to be thrifty," and who therefore like to put away jars of preserved food at seasonable prices for future winter use. The United States Department of Agriculture advocates the use of tho pressure cooker for canning all non-acid non-acid vegetables such as corn, peas, and beans as well as meats, fish and poultry. The high pressure made pos-: pos-: ible in the pressure cooker kills all : pores, thus making canning safe. |