them with a fork and
throw them into the syrup and boil them until a sharp straw can
punctuate them: as they soften put them into your jar, which must be
kept closely covered. Boil your syrup until it thickens, while hot, add
a quart of the best brandy and throw it over your peaches, tie the jar
down closely.

CURRANT JELLY.

Currants should not be over ripe. Equal parts of red and white currants
or currants and raspberries make a delicately colored and flavored
jelly. Pick over and remove the leaves and poor fruit, and if filthy
wash and drain them but do not stem them. Mash them in a porcelain
kettle, with wooden pestle without heating as that makes the jelly dark.
Let them drain in a flannel bag over night. _Do not_ squeeze them, or
the jelly will be cloudy. In the morning measure a bowl of sugar for
each bowl of juice, and heat the sugar carefully in an earthern dish in
the oven. Stir it often to prevent burning: boil the juice twenty
minutes and skim thoroughly. Add the hot sugar and boil from three to
five minutes or till it thickens on a spoon when exposed to the air.
Turn at once into glasses and let them remain in the sun several days
then cover with paper dipped in brandy and paste paper over the tops of
the glasses. One who is authority on this subject recommends covering
with melted paraffine, or putting a lump of paraffine in the jelly while
still hot. After draining the juice, the currants may be squeezed and a
second quality of jelly made, it may not be clear but will answer for
some purposes.

CANDIED PEEL.

MRS. DAVID BELL.

Put the lemon or orange skins, in strong salt and water, when they are
soft enough to pass a straw through, take them out and soak them
changing the water till all the salt taste is gone, then simmer them in
thin brown sugar syrup till clear; take them out, place on a dish, and
let them remain for a day or two. Boil the syrup till thick, then fill
the skins with it and put away to dry.

LEMON HONEY. (Filling.)

MRS. FRANK GLASS.

One pound of butter, four pounds of sugar, two dozen eggs leaving out
eight whites, rind and juice of one dozen lemons. Put all together, and
let simmer until it thickens like honey. Put into jars, can be kept for
years.

PUMPKIN JAM.

MRS. HENRY THOMSON.

Peel and seed, then, cut into pieces two or three inches square, lay on
a dish to dry till next day, then put into the preserving pan and barely
cover with molasses. To a medium