Excerpt from Professor H. Blits' Methods of Canning Fruits and Vegetables by Hot Air and Steam, and Berries by the Compounding of Syrups, and the Crystallizing and Candying of Fruits, Etc;, Etc: With New Edition and Supplement The canning of tomatoes, sliced or whole, in glass jars, by steaming them so as to exhaust the air and destroy a cer tain amount of acid, keeping them more whole and natural in avor, and doing away with the old methods of stewing and cooking them to pieces. Also to my great improvement of keeping strawberries whole and natural by simply compounding a syrup to can them with, instead of stewing or boiling them, which destroys their natural avor and shape. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."