FRUIT PRESERVING.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 311, 4 December 1918, Page 7

FRUIT PRESERVING.

A LUCRATIVE EMPLOYMENT. A svliter in the women’s column in the Sydney Morning Herald says there I is nothing*easier or more profitable than home preserving. There are many gardens wherein the fruit is allowed to rot on the ground simply because the ownfer says it does not pay to gather and take to the market. A girl whose parents are the lucky possessors of one ' oi these gardens could make a very fair income by utilising the fruit, and makJ ing jam,' with very little cost. Any * grocer will be glad to purchase these ' jams, as they always have a good sale * by their customers. An enterprising ; girl could go round to her friends and obtain regular orders with much success, and I am sure there would be very few J who would refuse to buy nice, dean- ? looking bottles of home preserved fruit. ? This work requires very little or no , capital when the fruit is there, and any , girl, man or woman could make a fair ? j living by themselves in this way. I ? know for a fact of many houses with ' these gardens, where the daughters . II grumble because they cannot get enough J! dress allowance or employment to eke ! out their income, when it is at their ’. very door. When it was suggested to i them, they turned up their noses at the ’ j idea of obtaining money that way. There 1 ; are a few women about the district who 1 i have already taken up this work, but ' i only a very‘small percentage, and, con- | sidering ail the gardens we see about, ( with fruit running wild, and vegetables j '! galore, ic is astonishing that more i women have not taken advantage of s ( I making a little money to add to their * small incomes. I have heard that in f France, Germany and America the t housewives there are keenly alive to t their fruit preserving, and the sales at g the market are eagerly attended. Then, again, even if a woman did not want to j| sell her wares she could save expenses q a great deal by making her own jam, t and save the money she would other- j ( wise have expended on it. t: