This section is from the book "Around-The-World Cook Book", by Mary Louise Barroll. Also available from Amazon: Around-the-world cook book.
To remove fresh fruit-stains from fabrics, first try by pouring boiling water over them; if this fails, then rub them with a half-lemon, dipped into salt, and then wash the garment.
Javelle water will surely take out the stains, but the utmost care must be used in using javelle water - or rather in washing away every trace of the cleaning-fluid after the stain has been removed - else the result will be a hole.
 
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