Sweet Cucumber Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

16 lb. whole cucumbers (small)
1 1/2 gal. red cider vinegar
1 box mixed pickling spices (1.25 oz.)
15 lb. sugar
1/2 box alum (2.25 oz.)
2 boxes plain salt (not iodized)

Preparation

Mix the plain salt with enough water to cover cucumbers.
Put a weight on cucumbers to keep under water. Stir every day for 15 days. Remove, wash and slice. Soak overnight in alum water to cover. Rinse 3 times.
Cover with vinegar.
Let set overnight. Remove cucumbers and throw away the vinegar.
Layer cucumbers, sugar and spices in crock.
Cover. In a few days enough syrup will be made to cover pickles.
Put in jars. Do not have to be sealed.