Canning Time Table: Watch the Clock!
Reference chart of processing times in minutes: boiling water bath for fruit and tomatoes at left, pressure canner for vegetables at right, with a clock face and the line 'Watch the clock!' in the banner. The technique is faint here: it is mainly a data table, and only the government imprint lends it authority (transfer).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, Science and technology
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Department of Agriculture. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-998U (NAID 514524).
Text on the object
CANNING TIME TABLE Watch the clock! BOILING WATER BATH - If you are located higher than sea level, add one minute for each 1,000 feet when processing time is 20 minutes or less. Add 2 minutes for each 1,000 feet when processing time is longer. PRESSURE CANNER - If you are located higher than sea level, increase pressure one-half pound for each 1,000 feet. Use the time as given. Fruit, Tomatoes, etc. Boiling Water Bath at (212°F.) Pints Quarts MINUTES APPLES 15 15 APPLESAUCE 10 10 APRICOTS 20 20 BEETS, pickled 30 30 BERRIES (except strawberries) Firm - 15 15; Soft - 20 20 CHERRIES 15 15 PEACHES 20 20 PEARS 20 20 PIMIENTOS, ripe 40 -- PLUMS, prunes 15 15 RHUBARB 10 10 SAUERKRAUT 25 30 STRAWBERRIES 15 15 TOMATOES 10 10 TOMATO JUICE 15 15 FRUIT JUICES 5 5 FRUIT PUREES 20 20 Vegetables Pressure Canner at 10 lbs. (240°F.) Pints Quarts MINUTES ASPARAGUS 35 40 BEANS, fresh lima 45 55 BEANS, snap 30 40 BEANS, green soybeans 60 70 BEETS 40 45 CARROTS 40 45 CORN, whole kernel 65 75 GREENS 95 105 OKRA 35 40 OKRA with tomatoes 25 35 OKRA with whole kernel corn and tomatoes 65 75 PEAS, green 45 -- PEAS, black-eyed 45 55 PUMPKIN 85 105 SQUASH 85 105 SWEETPOTATOES 100 110 VEGETABLE-SOUP MIXTURES 60 70 BUREAU OF HUMAN NUTRITION AND HOME ECONOMICS U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 20 [imprint:] For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Price 50c per set of 20 charts [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-539498
