[Diana in Wisconsin]

Agreed! I recently found this book, hardcover copy, for $2.29 at St. Vinnie's Thrift Shop. I wanted lower-sugar recipes to use up the apples, pears, cherries and peaches I have. Fruit is nice to have, but WOW! The sugar content is crazy in most preserving recipes and since we make our own Maple Syrup, it was a good tie in as a natural sweetener.

[Paul R.]

Wow, I should look for that book. My sweet tooth has significantly decreased in the last 10 years. Good thing, or I might be almost as wide as I am tall!

We have quite a few strawberry plants scattered around the garden — I pull up the wild ones, the “domestic” plants I leave alone, but they don’t fruit much. I may try to force the issue next spring and see if wifey will make some strawberry jam.

Oh, BTW, the mis-labled “Roma” tomato plants are bearing fruits that turn out to be medium size (average 3”), yellow to light orange fruits. (I discovered a couple days ago that if they get to medium orange, they begin rotting on the vine.) Same shapes as Better Boy or Celebrity. But, I have not a clue what they are. I don’t recall any label like that @ our Menards this spring! Taste test this evening...