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Women preparing apple butter, southeastern PA, circa 1910.
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Fegley photo, Women preparing apple butter

Credit: Courtesy of Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center, Pennsburg, Pa.

Rural Pennsylvanians used apples in many ways, including for apple butter, or "Scnitz." Here, one woman prepares to add cut pieces of apples to a boiling iron pot, while the other stirs.

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