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CERTO brown bottle - 3/19/2007 6:12:09 PM    Stockton   Posts: 4 Joined: 3/18/2007 Status: offline We found a bottle embossed CERTO REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. on the other side it has arrows pointing up and down and a line in the middle if bottle is upside down it says FOR 1/2 BOTTLE POUR TO HERE could some body please help us find more information asto what year the bottle was and what was in it _____________________________ Stockton Bottle Bums Post #: 1

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 3/19/2007 6:21:43 PM    Gunsmoke47 Posts: 1155 Joined: 12/29/2003 From: TEXAS Status: online Hello Stockton and welcome to the forum.  Certo was a gelatin used in baking. A picture would help date it but I am going to guess circa. 1930's.  Hope this helps,  Kelley (in reply to Stockton) Post #: 2

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 3/19/2007 6:22:09 PM    woody   Posts: 1615 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline Certo is a fruit pectin used to make jelly and jam. It helps the jelly solidify into its jelly texture. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to Stockton) Post #: 3

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 3/19/2007 6:27:18 PM    Gunsmoke47 Posts: 1155 Joined: 12/29/2003 From: TEXAS Status: online Listen to Woody. He would know more on this than I.   Kelley (in reply to woody) Post #: 4

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 3/19/2007 7:34:21 PM    woody   Posts: 1615 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline I don't know about that, Kelley. I know how to make homemade jelly, though. Last year we made over 300 jars of jelly and jam. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to Gunsmoke47) Post #: 5

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 3/19/2007 8:31:49 PM    Stockton   Posts: 4 Joined: 3/18/2007 Status: offline Would this help with Certo bottle, the bottom says 6 MADE IN U.S.A.X 12 2 Thanx, Stockton (in reply to Stockton) Post #: 6

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 3/20/2007 6:27:03 AM    woody   Posts: 1615 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline Most of the certo bottles I find are from 1940-1950's dumps. That should give you a timeline for when the bottle was made. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to Stockton) Post #: 7

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 3/20/2007 5:16:57 PM    Gunsmoke47 Posts: 1155 Joined: 12/29/2003 From: TEXAS Status: online Hey Woody, is Certo still made today? Or has something else replaced it in the homemade jelly and jam industry? (in reply to woody) Post #: 8

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 3/20/2007 6:04:54 PM    woody   Posts: 1615 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline Sure is, Kelley. http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/ProductsPromotions/A-C/CERTOPectinProducts.htm _____________________________ Woody (in reply to Gunsmoke47) Post #: 9

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 3/20/2007 10:20:29 PM    capsoda Posts: 7510 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline It is still the top brand if you put any jellies and such up. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to woody) Post #: 10

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 3/21/2007 6:32:09 AM    woody   Posts: 1615 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline No, it isn't around here. I use Sure Jell fruit pectin. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 11

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 3/21/2007 9:14:57 AM    capsoda Posts: 7510 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Hey Woody, Sure Jell is ok for some things but it tends to leave jellies and preserves a little to watery for my taste. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to woody) Post #: 12

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 3/21/2007 11:12:33 AM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline i dont know what my mum and dad use when they make jelly....but its usually great except for this one time not too long ago momma made some and it was all watery more like syrup instead of jelly it also molded while it was still sealed in the jar too.....go figure... _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 13

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 4/1/2007 7:07:48 PM    woody   Posts: 1615 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline I take that back. I use Ball Fruit Jell pectin. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 14

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 4/3/2007 4:58:17 PM    Yooper14 Posts: 313 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Ohio Status: offline The certo jars are real common almost anywhere you go.  They are neat looking though.  I've noticed that there are oodles of color variations.  I have a small shelf of them that I keep for the neat color.  They go in a smooth progression from light yellow all the way to dark brown, with everything inbetween.  Too bad people don't collect them, but there's so many out there you'd never get much for them even if people did take them... _____________________________ "Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." - Shaw Yooper (in reply to woody) Post #: 15

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 4/5/2007 10:31:30 PM    dirtmover   Posts: 47 Joined: 4/4/2007 From: michigan Status: offline I just dug one of those up this past weekend - it's used to make jams/jellies my dig is dating in the 40's if that helps any.keep digging (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 16

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 4/5/2007 10:56:27 PM    L C   Posts: 1484 Joined: 3/17/2007 From: Ohio Status: offline When I was a Kid, I would go with my Mother when the berries were ripe, and we would pick Rasberries Blackberries, and Dewberries. My Mother would always can them or make jellies or pies. She could really make them good too! I remember one year, a neighbor gave her all the grapes that she wanted to pick. She made Grape Jelly, and put up quite a few quarts of Grape Juice as well. And to my surprise some time later as I retreived a quart of grape juice, I found that it had fermented and turned to wine. Well, that summer me and my friends did a lot of camping out, and needless to say, we took care of all that faulty grape juice. My Mother was amazed how out of the blue all that grape juice was used up! I told her about it years later, and we both had a good laugh about it. Thanks for making me think of some of the good old days Spencer! (in reply to dirtmover) Post #: 17

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 4/7/2007 1:33:14 AM    morbious_fod   Posts: 581 Joined: 3/4/2007 From: The backwoods of the backwoods, Virginia Status: offline I always wondered what those bottles were. Now I know. Glad I didn't buy any.  (in reply to L C) Post #: 18

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 4/7/2007 9:57:20 AM    Brains   Posts: 477 Joined: 9/2/2006 From: Hilliard/columbus ohio Status: offline Interesting that you would bring up the color variants, i have a 7-up green one. Looks just like a certo, measurement lines and the indent in the back but it just doesnt say certoon it. Paid $5 fot it _____________________________ Let me know when the telegraph companies want their hemingray-42's back! bryan (in reply to morbious_fod) Post #: 19

RE: CERTO brown bottle - 4/7/2007 9:54:41 PM    Yooper14 Posts: 313 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Ohio Status: offline Brains, I was thinking that too...after my post I went to my collection and looked, and I do have a green one as well - well, it appears to be like a certo...it has the 1/2 cup arrows and line, but not an indented "label area" like the certos.  Wonder if it was a "wannabe" certo.  Interesting. Yooper _____________________________ "Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." - Shaw Yooper (in reply to Brains) Post #: 20

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