Excerpt from Methods of Canning Fruits and Vegetables by Hot Air and Steam: And, Berries by the Compounding of Syrups, Also the Crystallizing and Candying of Fruits Etc;, Etc;, Etc It is quite within modern times that, by observation and experience, mankind has become aware of the independence of all inventions, and that upon our ability to improve the conditions in which we are placed can we alone depend upon our future progress, the curtailing of time and the saving of labor. And so, in presenting my inventions and improvements in the methods of Canning Fruits and Vegetables to the public, I desire their kind indulgence, and ask them to set aside the prejudice or skepticism which in all ages and times has been the great obstacle that an inventor had to contend against, while I admit that the public has been imposed upon at various times by so-called inventions which were to perform wonders to lessen the labor of housekeepers, but which upon practical test proved worthless, inasmuch that the methods employed either required the use of preparations, acids or other foreign substances, which, while they may have kept the fruits, destroyed their flavor; but by my improved methods, no preparations, acids or machinery are required. The methods embodied in my inventions are based upon scientific principles, upon the law of impenetrability. 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.