Show EXTENSION HOME ECONOMIC by Mary Lois Hayes FREEZE AND CAN RIPE UTAH BERRIES first part of June is the best time to put strawberries in your freezer for or other treats the year advises Professor Anson B. Extension horticulture at Utah State Select fruit that is red-ripe all firm and slightly Many Utah Strawberry vari-ties are superior for canning and freezing to the common now being shipped in from Professor Call This is based on a test by Horticulture Department scientists of the freezing and canning quality of strawberry varieties commonly Tests have also shown that for the fullest flavor in frozen the best sweet-ning is dry sugar mixed thoroughly with For that for holding shape or texture of the whole packing in syrup has the advantage and is less likely to bruise the delicate Because the syrup it dilutes the strawberry flavor more than dry In the one parti of sugar to parts by weight of halved strawberries rated best But next best was 40 percent sugar or a syrup mixture o ri e part light corn syrup to three parts sugar I |