MIXED FRUIT WINE

4 to 5 Ib. mixed fresh fruit, such as red and black currants, red and white cherries, raspberries, gooseberries, imported plums et., etc.

2 1/2 lb. sugar

1 gallon water

Campden tablet

Pectozyme

Nutrient

Madeira yeast

6 oz. chopped raisins

Wash and prepare the fruit (strig, stalk, stone, etc.), place it in the mashing vessel and pour on boiling water. When cool mash the fruit with your hands and add one Campden tablet and a teaspoonful of pectozyme. Next day add the nutrient and yeast and continue the fermentation for four days, pressing down the fruit cap twice each day. Strain, stir in the sugar and continue the fermentation in the usual way, adding up to another 6 oz. of sugar during fermentation.