Spiced or pickled apples

SPICED OR PICKLED APPLES KOSHER RECIPE

Pare the apples, "Pound Sweets" are best. Crab-apples may be pickled the same way, but do not pare. Leave on the stems and put into a kettle with alternate layers of sugar. Take four pounds of white sugar to nine pounds of fruit, and spice with an ounce of cinnamon bark and half an ounce of cloves, removing the heads. Heat slowly to a boil with a pint of water. Add the vinegar and spices, and boil until tender. Take out the fruit with a perforated skimmer and spread upon dishes to cool. Boil the syrup thick. Pack the apples in jars and pour the syrup over them boiling hot. Examine them in a week's time, and should they show signs of fermenting pour off the syrup and boil up for a few minutes, and pour over the fruit scalding, or set the jars (uncovered) in a kettle of cold water and heat until the contents are boiling, and then seal.