Preservation Apple Pickle

apple pickle.
(from Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree, 1878)

Ingredients:

3 lbs. apples​

2 lbs. sugar​

1 pint vinegar​

1 tsp. mace​

1 tbsp. beaten cinnamon​

1 dozen cloves​

2 tsp. allspice​

1 tbsp. beaten ginger​

1 tbsp. celery-seed​

Instructions:

3 pounds apples.​

2 pounds sugar.​

1 pint vinegar.​

1 teaspoonful mace.​

1 tablespoonful beaten cinnamon.​

1 dozen cloves.​

2 teaspoonfuls allspice.​

1 tablespoonful beaten ginger.​

1 tablespoonful celery-seed.​

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Boil until the apples are perfectly clear. - Mrs. J. A. S.​