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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1953
Page
9
Practical notes for preserving fruit to make jelly or jam. It covers suitable fruits for jelly and jam, juice acidity, lemon juice amounts, combining flavors, washing fruit, avoiding water soaking, processing pulp, dripping juice, using pectin, and sugar testing to decide sugar quantities. It includes cautions on handling tests and avoiding taste testing of test mixtures.
A reader asks why jelly ferments and jam stores poorly with too much or too little sugar. An answer notes fermentation occurs when jelly is too soft and syrup ferments around the wax edge. A second reader asks about hard pieces in grape jelly, with advice linking acidity and fruit preparation before straining and sugar addition.
A historic snippet describes adding water to crushed fruit, then packing into jars for jelly. Water amounts vary by fruit type, with guidance on initial extraction, testing for jellying in minutes, and proper canning steps including sterilized glasses and paraffin sealing.
The Agricultural Societies Branch of the Department of Agriculture lists 1953 fair dates for Ontario towns. Acton runs September 16 to 19, Milton September 25 to 26, Georgetown October 2 to 3, Aberfoyle September 22 to 23, Arthur September 29 to 30, Bolton October 2 to 3, Caledon September 25 to 26, Erin October 9 to 12, Markham October 1 to 3, treer G.N.E. August 28 to September 12, and the Royal Winter Fair November 13 to 21.
Hints suggest the combined workforce in the local primary textiles industry would form a city larger than all but Montreal and Toronto, counting all employed and dependents. The figure emphasizes the industry's regional economic impact and population scale.
Readers seek comfort in books during summer heat and rain. The Silver Chalice by Thomas Costain is praised for its Hollywood style and vivid scenes with murderers heroes and two striking women.
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