Plan No. 293. “Citronette” Cucumbers
Raise cucumbers, and when ripe place on the market “citronette.” This is better than “sugared citron” and much cheaper.
Recipe: Pick cucumbers when ripe; split in half; scrape out pulp. Put in salt brine for one or two days, then draw off brine and add one pound of sugar to each pound of cucumber rind; let stand over night for juice to draw, then place on back of stove and allow to simmer until translucent and most of the water has evaporated. Turn occasionally to keep from burning. When the water has evaporated, and it looks dry, allow it to cool. You then have “citronette.”
This project has been tried and it made $6.00 a day for a year, using only one-half acre of ground.