HOW TO PRODUCE A VINEGAR PLANT
1 » Eeaders may be interested to know how to produce tbe viuegar plant. In tbe first plaee, simmer j}lb. of sugar and ^lb. treacle in tbree quarts of water aud pour into" a . jar. The jar sbould then be covered up and kept in a Avarm place for six or seven weeks. It will then be found that tbe liquid has beeomo vinegar, and on top is formed a fungus, iciiown as tbe vinegar plant. By adding a piece of this fungus to a similar solution, the process of conAmrsion to vinegar takes place in mueb less time. Tlio plant thickens during tbe process, bv tbe formation of a new layer on its im.der surface. By peeling off this and using it in a fresli operation tbe plant 'uev be propagated .indefinitely. By I'.-iving a cnp of vinegar as well as tbe plant m tbe jar, tbe next lot will be produced in ab out tbree weeks^
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 191, 30 August 1937, Page 11
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163HOW TO PRODUCE A VINEGAR PLANT Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 191, 30 August 1937, Page 11
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