Superior Barberry Jelly, and Marmalade

• Barberries boiled in water-bath until tender; to each pound of juice, 1 lbs. 2 oz. sugar: 5 minutes.

Strip the fruit from the stems, wash it in spring-water, drain, bruise it slightly, and put it into a clean stone jar, with no more liquid than the drops which hang about it. Place the jar in a pan of water, and steam the fruit until it is quite tender: this will be in from thirty minutes to an hour. Pour off the clear juice, strain, weigh, and boil it quickly from five to seven minutes, with e