first use care and get one. |
not too young; but tender and a healthy growth |
make your selection carefully and let it be final |
otherwise they will not keep. |
like wine they improve with age. |
do not pickle or put in hot water. |
this makes them sour |
prepare as follows |
sweeten with smiles according to variety. |
the sour bitter kind are improved with patience. |
wrap well in a mantle of charity. |
preserve over a good fire of steady devotion. |
serve with peaches & cream |
the poorest varieties may be improved by this process and kept for years in any climate. |
