PUMPKIN PICKLES

Pumpkin pickles are made just as those made from the watermelon.

Sweet Pickle Syrup.
Four lbs. of brown sugar
1 cup of mixed whole spices
cinnamon, allspice, cloves
1 qt. of vinegar

Tie the spices in a bag and boil with the vinegar and sugar. Skim well. Pare the pumpkin and cut into pieces 1/2 inch thick and 2 or 3 inches long. Boil 1 oz. of alum in 1 gallon of water, pour it on the rinds and let them stand for several hours. Take out and put into cold water; when cold boil them 1/2 hour in the syrup. Boil the syrup 3 mornings and pour over the rinds, enough to cover them.