To bottle Damsons.
LET your damsons be gathered on a dry day, and before they are ripe, or rather when they have just turned their colour. Put them into wide-mouthed bottles, cork them up closely, and let them stand a fortnight. Then look them over, and if you see any of them mouldy, or spotted, take them out, and cork the rest close down. Set the bottles in sand, and the fruit will keep good till spring. Remember, that every species of the vegetable tribe designed for future life, at times out of their natural season must be kept in dry places, as damps will not only cover them with mould, but will also deprive them of their fine flavour. It must likewise be observed, that while you endeavour to avoid putting them into damp places, to avoid putting them into damp places, where they may get warm, which will be equally detrimental; so that a proper attention must be paid to the observance of a judicious medium. When you boil any dried vegetables, always allow them plenty of water.