f such complete satisfaction, that her mother laughed. Then they
settled themselves at the table to write the new receipts.

APPLE CONSERVE

4 pints of apples, measured after they are peeled and cut up in bits.
4 pints of sugar.
2 lemons, juice and grated peel.
2 large pieces of preserved ginger (the kind that comes in little
pots).

Mix all together and cook till thick; about an hour and a half.

CRANBERRY CONSERVE

2-1/2 pints of washed and chopped cranberries.
2-1/2 pints of sugar.
2 large oranges.
1 pint (or package) seeded raisins, chopped a little, after
washing.

Cut the oranges in halves and take out the pulp with a spoon; then
scrape the skins well till they are clean and not very much of the
white lining is left; chop the rest. Mix all together and cook
till thick.

"These two conserves are so very nice that we do not put them on the
table and eat them up any day in the week, but save them for Sunday
night supper and other times like that," said Mother Blair; "and
sometimes they can go into sandwiches for afternoon tea. Now would you
like just a very easy jelly? Here is a nice one."

APPLE JELLY

Wash twenty red apples that are not very sweet; cut them up in
small pieces without peeling them or taking out the cores. Put
them in a kettle and just cover them with water; cook slowly till
it is all like soft apple-sauce. Then put it in a bag--a flour
sack is the best--tie up the top, and hang the bag up over night
with a large bowl underneath to catch the juice. In the morning
measure this. Mix

1 pint of juice.
1 small pint of sugar.

Put on the fire and boil gently twenty minutes, skimming it
occasionally; lift off the saucepan and drop into the jelly one
large lemon, cut up in quarters, squeezing them a little; then put
a small wire strainer over each jelly-glass in turn and pour the
jelly into each from a cup.

"There! When you can make that kind of jelly, you will almost have
learned how to make any other kind. And this is lovely, so pink and
delicate, and it always gets just firm enough and not too stiff to be
nice. Now, Mildred, you may try this to-morrow if you like, and, if it's
perfect, you shall have a prize."

The next day the jam was firm on top, and Norah said it ought to be
covered and put away at once or it would get too hard.

"How shall I cover it