Home canning of fruits and vegetables : as taught to canning club members in the southern states / Mary E. Creswell and Ola Powell. Farmers' Bulletin 853. 43 p. 1918

Item [2] promotes canning and preserving. Includes instructions on domestic food production of fruits and vegetables; advice on preparing, canning, and storing foods and preventing spoilage; images of serving suggestions and woman in period dress; recipes for jams, fruit butters, preserves, and other canned food products; list of other United States Department of Agriculture publications; and index. Sample recipes: apple butter, damson plum conserve, and gingered watermelon rind. Damaged: missing part of back cover, covers worn and fraying.