DCHP-2

bottle DCHP-2 (November 2016)

• v. — originally Agriculture

  to preserve in glass jars or to can.

  The term bottle in this context means to preserve in jars or to can. Many different foodstuffs may be bottled, including tomatoes (see Image 1 and the 1987 quotation), peaches (see the 1990 quotation), and other kinds of fruit, vegetables and even meat. According to Kennedy, the method of bottling pickles and relishes was devised by Nicholas Appert, a confectioner from France (see the 2002 quotation). Furthermore, according to Smith (1994:181), the results of Appert's experiments with bottling tomatoes in France provided "the first commercial process for bottling tomatoes". These results were first published in the UK and then in the US. Thus, the concept of bottling tomatoes in particular can be traced back to the UK and the US, and the idea later entered Canada.
  See also COD-2, s.v. "bottle", which is marked "Brit., Cdn (Nfld), Austral., & NZ".