393. _To dry Peaches._

Green them as other fruit put a little Sugar in the water it will do

the better when they are tender you may wipe off the skin make with 3

quarters of a pound of Sugar a Sirrop for a pound of peaches when they

a little tender stone them boyle them till they are half enough then

put them in a pot close covered where they may stand warme 3 or 4 days

take half a pound of Sugar make more Sirrop drain them from the old

then put them in a clean pot pour ye other Sirrop boyling hot on them

cover them up close put the pot on embers a while then keep them in a

stove.

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