Your fruits and vegetables are ripe. And, there’s more than you can eat or give away. You certainly don’t want them to go to waste. Home canning allows you to enjoy them all season long. You can save a few pennies. Home-canned fruits and vegetables taste so much better than store-bought, too. The only question is how much do I need to can a batch of fruits and vegetables? The canning measurements below guide you to the answer.
Type of Fruit:
Apple
Applesauce
Berries
Peaches
Pears
Plums
Measurement:
Bushel / 48 pounds
Bushel / 48 pounds
Flat / 24 quarts
Bushel / 48 pounds
Bushel / 50 pounds
Bushel / 56 pounds
Quart Jars Produced:
16 – 20
15 – 18
12 – 18
18 – 24
20 – 25
24 – 30
Type of Vegetable:
Beans, Green or Yellow
Lima Beans
Beets
Carrots
Corn
Peas
Pickles
Summer Squash
Tomatoes
Tomato Juice
Measurement:
Bushel / 30 pounds
Bushel / 32 pounds
Bushel / 52 pounds
Bushel / 50 pounds
Bushel / 35 pounds
Bushel / 30 pounds
Bushel / 48 pounds
Bushel / 40 pounds
Bushel / 53 pounds
Bushel / 53 pounds
Quart Jars Produced:
12 – 20
6 – 10
15 / 24
16 – 25
6 – 10
5 – 10
16 – 24
10 * 20
15 – 20
12 – 16
Note: Adjust the above canning measurements to the amount of produce you have.
During COVID, we all learned to disinfect door and cabinet handles. Don’t forget this hard-learned lesson. Using a cleaner with a disinfectant keeps you and your family healthier. It is especially important during winter months when colds, flu, and COVID are more common.
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