SASSAFRAS STICK.
Pulled white, with two red and one yellow stripe, the yellow being between the red.
CLOVE STICK.
Clear, with three white stripes of even size.
FRUIT ROCK.
These goods require a great deal of practice, and a new beginner will waste considerable sugar before he can accomplish it in first-class style. I shall explain a few kinds, and by the time you can make these nicely you will be able to make any design you may wish.
STRAWBERRY ROCK.
Boil any amount of sugar, treat in the same manner as for stick candy; when done pour out almost two-thirds of batch on the slab, and color the rest red in the basin, and place again on the furnace, stirring the color into the batch, then pour out. Now take a small piece of the first poured out, say three-fourths of a pound, and color green and place it before the heater. Now pull the remaining perfectly white; take about one pound of this and form into a roll, about four or five inches in length, then wrap around this about one-third of your red batch. Now spin this out about five feet in length, and cut it into fifteen pieces about four inches in length. Now put five of these together, then four on top of these, then three, then two and one, forming a triangle. Now form your green into a very thin, wide strip about twelve inches in length; cut in three equal pieces, lay two of these flat on the table and stand the third one in the middle. Now place a block of white on either side of the perpendicular piece, forming a square of the whole; place this on the base of the triangle already formed. Now wrap all the white remaining around the whole, then forming the red into a thin sheet wrap around the white and spin out as stick candy, when cold cut into small cuts, by holding a stick in the left hand, letting it rest on an iron bar and cutting with a knife in the right.