Conserves

Cut in pieces 1 qt. rhubarb, add 1 pt. red raspberries, 1 pt. red currants, 1 lb. seeded raisins, 1 lb. chopped English walnuts, 2 oranges and 2 lemons, with peel. To each pound of fruit allow 1 lb. of sugar. Cook till thick like jelly and put up in glasses.

Rhubarb and Fig Jam

Seven pounds rhubarb, 5 lbs. sugar. Cut the rhubarb into inch lengths. Sprinkle with the sugar and let stand all night. Chop the peel and pulp (omitting white parts) of 3 lemons and 1 lb. nice figs, very fine. Add to rhubarb and boil hard about 1 hour, stirring constantly to prevent the figs from settling and burning. When like marmalade put in jelly glass.

Rhubarb and Pineapple Jam

Seven pounds rhubarb, 8 lbs. sugar, 1 pineapple. Chop the prepared pineapple and sprinkle it with the same measurement of the sugar. Wash and cut the rhubarb in 1/2-inch lengths, sprinkling the remainder of the 8 lbs. of sugar through it in layers. Let stand all night (or several hours), then put the rhubarb in a kettle, add the juice of 2 lemons, and boil 1/2 hour, then add the pineapple, cook 15 minutes, and when thick put into glasses and pour over melted paraffine when jam is cold.

Grape Fruit Marmalade

Five medium-sized grape fruits, 12 lbs. sugar, 12 pts. of water. Slice the fruit very thin. Put them into a kettle with 11 pts. of the water. Cover the seeds with the other pint of water. Let all stand 24 hours. Squeeze water from seeds, and add it to the fruit. Add juice of 3 oranges and 3 lemons. Boil 1 1/2 hours, keeping kettle covered. Add sugar and boil 30 minutes.

Tutti Frutti

Put into a 2-qt. jar 1 pt. of pure alcohol and 1 1/2 lbs. white sugar. Stir well. Add all kinds of fresh fruits as they, come into season, and as fruit is put in always add an equal amount of sugar (in addition to the first syrup). Use red currants, cherries, strawberries, red raspberries (very generously), peaches, candied or fresh kumquots, apples, pears, plums, pineapple (sliced and then quartered), quinces (slightly cooked) - everything but blackberries, blueberries and muskmelon. These berries are too dark.