Ripe Plum Jelly

4 c Juice

1/2 Bottle fruit pectin

7 1/2 c Sugar

1 c Water

Use only fully ripened fruit. Wash fruit. Do not peel or pit. Crush thoroughly. Add water. Stir until mixture boils. Cover and simmer 10 minutes. Drain through jelly bag. Measure juice and sugar into a large kettle. Stir. Heat rapidly to boiling. Add fruit pectin at once. Stir constantly before and while boiling. Heat to full rolling boil. Boil hard 1/2 minute. Remove from fire. Skim. The recipe requires about 4 pounds of

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