Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Produce Availability in Ohio, canning fruits without sugar, etc.


Envision your pantry shelf of jewels; RUBY salsa, EMERALD zucchinirelish, GOLD applesauce and peaches, PLATINUM pears!Be thinking ahead about any opportunities for canning produce.
By thetime some fruits like apples are abundant, canning supplies will alreadybe depleted in many stores. This is the time to buy your lids and rings and jars if needed for canning applesauce and peaches in mid-August and early September!
The 2009 Ball Blue Book has the latest information on canning fruits without sugar and canning low-acid vegetables without salt for those with special dietary considerations (pgs. 16 and 73-77). According to The Columbus Dispatch, tomatoes and zucchini will still beavailable in abundance by the end of July.
Early transparent apples will be available mid-August. Georgia peaches are being shipped now, withmost Ohio peaches available late August to early September. Early pearsbegin late August and continue through October. (We made a great mintypear sauce last year when we couldn't think of what else to do with aplethora of pears!)

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