Mercer County Fair
Food Preservation-Division 26
- Use only standard quart and pint jars or jelly glasses with lids and rings. No paraffin wax.
- Goods must be labeled with the type of processing and processing time: Pressure canner or water-bath. USDA food preservation guidelines MUST be followed. These standards are available from the Extension office, 873-5195.
- Included methods used.
Fruits
Lot
2601 Apple
2602 Apricots
2603 Cherries
2604 Cocktail
2605 Crabapples
2606 Fruit Juices
2607 Peaches
2607 Pears
2609 Pie filling
2610 Plums
2611 Rhubarb
2612 Other Kinds
Vegetables (standard jars)
Lot
2620 Barbecue sauce
2621 Beans (green)
2622 Beans (yellow)
2623 Beets
2624 Carrots
2625 Corn (whole kernel)
2625 Corn (cream-style)
2627 Mixed Vegetables
2628 Miscellaneous
2629 Peas
2630 Potatoes
2631 Salsa
2632 Sauerkraut
2633 Soups
2634 Tomatoes
2635 Vegetable Juice
2636 Other kinds
Pickles (standard jar)
Lot
2640 Beets
2641 Bread and butter
2642 Corn relish
2643 Crabapples (spiced)
2644 Cucumbers (dill)
2645 Cucumbers (sweet)
2646 Cucumbers (hamburger)
2647 Pickled vegetable
2648 Pickled watermelon
2649 Relish
2650 Other kinds
Jams (standard jar)
Lot
2660 Pear
2661 Peach
2662 Raspberry
2663 Rhubarb
2664 Strawberry
2665 Strawberry Combination
2666 Other kinds
Jelly (standard jar)
Lot
2670 Apple
2671 Buffalo berry
2672 Chokecherry
2673 Grape
2674 Honey
2675 Jalapeno
2676 Nanking cherry
2677 Syrup
2678 Wild plum
2679 Other kinds
Meats (standard jar)
Lot
2685 Beef
2686 Chicken
2687 Fish
2688 Pork
2689 Sausage
2690 Other kinds
Dehydrated
Lot
2691 Fruit
2692 Meat/jerky
2693 Vegetables
2694 Other kinds
Freezer Items
Lot
2695 Jelly
2696 Other Kinds