Six large orange quinces (these are of the best variety) Adelaide washed and wiped thoroughly, peeled, cut into quarters, and removed the cores. After weighing the quinces she measured into the saucepan one and one-third cups of water to each pound of fruit.
Placing the saucepan over the fire she let the water just boil, and then poured in the quinces. They boiled gently for about twenty minutes, or until you could pierce them easily with a silver fork. Adelaide lifted these out very carefully on to a large plate.
To the water in which the quinces had been cooked, she added one-half their weight in sugar. This she stirred with the wooden spoon until it was all dissolved and the syrup boiled. The quinces were gently dropped into the boiling syrup (Adelaide took particular care not to break the quarters) and when they had cooked slowly for five minutes she filled the sterilized pint jar with the fruit and poured the syrup over it until it overflowed. Next she inserted a silver knife between the fruit and the jar, to let all air bubbles rise to the top and break.
The new rubber, after being dipped in boiling water, was placed smoothly around the top, then she sealed the jar quickly and stood it upside down out of the way of any draft.
In the morning the jar was carefully examined to be sure that it did not leak, and Adelaide wiped off all stickiness from the outside. Pasting on the label she stored it away in the preserve closet.
Mother had told Adelaide to save the peelings and cores of the quinces, and put in a saucepan with just enough water to cover. These she let boil slowly for about one hour, then she poured them into the jelly bag to drain off the juice. This juice she used to cook her apples in when she canned some the next day.
Canned Apples
| Apples, | 1 dozen |
| Sugar | |
| Quince juice |
After washing and peeling the apples, Adelaide cut them into quarters and removed the cores.
The quince juice was made from the peelings and cores of the quinces she had canned the day before, by just covering them with cold water and boiling slowly for one hour. Then she drained them through the jelly bag.