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Then boil or you will spoil them, put
them in your jar and cover close. When cold
tie them over with bladder.
do French Beans the same way Briggs
To keep Red Gooseberries
Pick them when full ripe To each grt of
fruit put [1/4 lb?] of Lisbon sugar and to each
[1/4 lb] sugar put qr of a pint of water  let it boil
then put in your gooseberries and let them
boil softly 2 or 3 minutes then pour them in
to little stone jars when cold cover them up
and keep them for use they make fine pies
with little trouble.
To bottle Damsons or white bullace 
Gather them on a clear dry day before they
are over ripe pick the stalks off and put
them into wide mouthed bottles. put the cork
loosely in and put them in a cool oven all
night then next morning take them out and
when Cold Cork tight set them in a cool
dry place upright for a fortnight then lay
the bottles on their sides and they will keep
the year round.
To bottle Cranberries
Gather your Cranberries on a fine dry day and put
them into dry bottles cork them tight and put
them upright in a cool dry place and they will
keep for two years

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Then boil or you will spoil them, put them in your jar and cover close. When cold tie them over with bladder. do French Beans the same way Briggs To keep Red Gooseberries Pick them when full ripe To each grt of fruit put [1/4 lb?] of Lisbon sugar and to each [1/4 lb] sugar put qr of a pint of water let it boil then put in your gooseberries and let them boil softly 2 or 3 minutes then pour them in to little stone jars when cold cover them up and keep them for use they make fine pies with little trouble. To bottle Damsons or white bullace Gather them on a clear dry day before they are over ripe pick the stalks off and put them into wide mouthed bottles. put the cork loosely in and put them in a cool oven all night then next morning take them out and when Cold Cork tight set them in a cool dry place upright for a fortnight then lay the bottles on their sides and they will keep the year round. To bottle Cranberries Gather your Cranberries on a fine dry day and put them into dry bottles cork them tight and put them upright in a cool dry place and they will keep for two years