Processing Times for Home Canning Fruits and Vegetables
This chart is for a quick reference only. If these processing times differ from your home canning book or guide, it is recommended you follow the instructions in the home canning book.
Hot packed: the food is cooked in a syrup or other liquid before putting it in the canning jars. The food is hot when it gets put into the jars, therefore the food is already hot when the jars are put into the canner.
Raw packed (cold packed): the food is raw when it is packed into the canning jars.
Important: Pickles and other foods that can easily get soggy or soft go into the canner uncooked.
| Fruit | Processing Method | Times for Pint Jars | Times for Quart Jars |
| Apples | Boiling Water Bath | hot packed - 15minutes | hot packed - 20minutes |
| Apricots | Boiling Water Bath | hot packed - 20minutes
raw packed - 25minutes | hot packed - 25minutes
raw packed - 30minutes |
| Berries | Boiling Water Bath | hot or raw packed - 10minutes | hot or raw packed - 15minutes |
| Cherries | Boiling Water Bath | hot packed - 10minutes
raw packed - 20minutes | hot packed - 15minutes
raw packed - 25minutes |
| Peaches | Boiling Water Bath | hot packed - 20minutes
raw packed - 25minutes | hot packed - 20minutes
raw pack - 30minutes |
| Pears | Boiling Water Bath | hot packed - 20minutes
raw packed - 25minutes | hot packed - 20minutes
raw packed - 30minutes |
| Plums | Boiling Water Bath | hot or raw packed - 20minutes | hot or raw packed - 25minutes |
| Vegetable | Processing Method | Times for Pint Jars | Times for Quart Jars |
| Asparagus | Pressure Canning | hot or raw packed - 25minutes | hot or raw packed - 30minutes |
| Beets | Pressure Canning | hot packed - 30minutes | hot packed - 35minutes |
| Carrots, sliced | Pressure Canning | hot or raw packed - 25minutes | hot or raw packed - 30minutes |
| Corn | Pressure Canning | hot or raw packed - 55minutes | hot or raw packed - 55minutes |
| Green Beans | Pressure Canning | hot or raw packed - 20minutes | hot or raw packed - 25minutes |
| Lima Beans | Pressure Canning | hot or rawpacked - 40minutes | hot or raw packed - 50minutes |
| Peas | Pressure Canning | hot or raw packed - 40minutes | hot or raw packed - 40minutes |
| Potatoes | Pressure Canning | hot packed - 35minutes | hot packed - 40minutes |
| Pumpkin | Pressure Canning | hot packed - 55minutes | hot packed - 90minutes |
| Rhubarb | Boiling Water Bath | hot packed - 10minutes | hot packed - 10minutes |
| Squash | Pressure Canning | hot or raw packed - 55minutes | hot or raw packed - 90minutes |
| Sweet Potatoes | Pressure Canning | hot packed - 65minutes | hot packed - 90minutes |
| Tomatoes | Boiling Water Bath | hot packed - 35minutes
raw packed - 40minutes | hot packed - 45minutes
raw packed - 50minutes |
There are many other foods that can be preserved using the home canning method. For complete canning and processing instructions for foods not listed above, check your home canning book or guide.
The Ball Blue Book is an excellent source for home canning recipes and instructions.
