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                                                        Exhibit 10(c)

                           THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY

                             1987 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                                  (as amended)


     1.      The total number of shares which may be issued and sold
under options granted pursuant to this Stock Option Plan shall not exceed
1,600,000 of the Company's Class A Common Shares and 1,600,000 of the Company's
Class B Common Shares, except to the extent of adjustments authorized by the
last sentence of Paragraph 5 of this Stock Option Plan.  Such shares may be
treasury shares or shares of original issue or a combination of the foregoing.

     2.       The Board of Directors of the Company may, from time to time and
upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, authorize the granting to
officers (including officers who are members of the Board of Directors) and to
other key employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries of options to buy
from the Company Common Shares and may fix the number of shares to be covered
by each such option.  Successive options may be granted to the same person
whether or not the option or options first granted to such person remain
unexercised.

     3.       Options granted under this Stock Option Plan may be (i) options
which are intended to qualify under particular provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code, as in effect from time to time, (ii) options which are not
intended so to qualify under the Internal Revenue Code, or (iii) combinations
of the foregoing.  No option shall run for more than ten years and one day from
the date granted.  No option shall be transferable by the optionee otherwise
than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.  Options shall be
exercisable during the optionee's lifetime only by him or her or, if the option
is not intended to qualify as an "incentive stock option" by his or her
guardian or legal representative.

     4.       The option price shall not be less than the fair market value of
the shares covered by the option at the time the option is granted.  The option
price shall be payable (a) in cash or by check acceptable to the Company, (b)
at the discretion of the Board of Directors, by the transfer to the Company by
the optionee of Common Shares owned by the optionee for at least six months and
having a value at the time of exercise equal to the total option price, or (c)
by a combination of such methods of payment.

     5.       The Board of Directors may make or provide for such adjustments
in the option price and in the number or kind of Common Shares or other
securities covered by outstanding





                                       
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options as it in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, may determine is
equitably required to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of
optionees that would otherwise result from (a) any stock dividend, stock split,
combination of shares, recapitalization, or other change in the capital
structure of the Company, or (b) any merger, consolidation, separation,
reorganization, partial or complete liquidation, or issuance of rights or
warrants to purchase stock, or (c) any other corporate transaction or event
having an effect similar to any of the foregoing.  Specifically, but without
limitation, where any transaction or event referred to herein would result in a
change in the control of the Company, the Board of Directors, in its
discretion, may provide in substitution for unexercised options then
outstanding such alternative options or other consideration as it, in good
faith, may determine to be equitable in the circumstances and may require in
connection therewith the surrender of all such unexercised options.  The Board
of Directors may also make or provide for such adjustments in the number or
kind of Common Shares or other securities which may be sold under this Stock
Option Plan as it in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, may
determine is appropriate to reflect any transaction or event described in the
preceding sentence.

     6.       The form of each Stock Option Agreement shall be prescribed, and
any Stock Option Agreement evidencing an outstanding option may with the
concurrence of the affected optionee be amended, by the Board of Directors,
provided that the terms and conditions of each such Stock Option Agreement and
amendment are not inconsistent with this Stock Option Plan.

     7.       The Board of Directors may, with the concurrence of the affected
optionee, cancel any option granted under this Stock Option Plan.  In the event
of any such cancellation, the Board of Directors may authorize the granting of
new options (which may or may not cover the same number of shares that had been
the subject of any prior option) in such manner, at such option price and
subject to the same terms, conditions, and discretions as, under this Stock
Option Plan, would have been applicable had the cancelled options not been
granted.

     8.       This Stock Option Plan shall be administered by the Board of
Directors which may from time to time delegate all or any part of its authority
under this Stock Option Plan to a committee of the Board composed of not less
than three directors.  The members of the committee shall not be eligible, and
shall not have been eligible for a period of at least one year prior to their
appointment, to participate in this Stock Option Plan or in any other plan of
the Company or any affiliate entitling the participants therein to acquire

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stock, stock options, or stock appreciation rights where such participation
would cause that member not to be a "disinterested person" for purposes of Rule
16b-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor rule to the
same effect).  To the extent of such delegation, references in this Stock
Option Plan to the Board of Directors shall also refer to the committee.  The
majority of the committee shall constitute a quorum, and the action of a
majority of the members of the committee present at any meeting at which a
quorum is present, or acts unanimously approved in writing, shall be the acts
of the committee.

     9.       This Stock Option Plan may be amended from time to time by the
Board of Directors but without further approval by the shareholders of the
Company no such amendment shall increase the aggregate number of Common Shares
that may be issued and sold under this Stock Option Plan (except that
adjustments authorized by the last sentence of Paragraph 5 shall not be limited
by this provision) or change the designation in Paragraph 2 of the class of
employees eligible to receive options or cause Rule 16b-3 of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any successor rule to the same effect) to cease to be
applicable to this Stock Option Plan.

     10.      If the Company shall be required to withhold any federal, state,
or local tax in connection the exercise of an option granted under this Stock
Option Plan, it shall be a condition to such exercise that the optionee pay or
make provision satisfactory to the Company for payment of all such taxes.  The
optionee may request that all or any part of such withholding requirement be
satisfied by retention by the Company of a portion of the shares purchased upon
exercise of such option.  If such request is approved by the Board of
Directors, the shares so retained shall be credited against such withholding
requirement at the fair market value on the date of exercise.  The optionee may
also make similar arrangements with the Company with respect to the payment of
taxes in excess of the withholding requirement.





Amended 08/28/91
Amended by Executive Compensation Committee 04/21/92
Amended by Executive Compensation Committee 04/15/94

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