Peach Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 bushel firm small peaches (press type)
12 lb. sugar
1 qt. vinegar
1 qt. water
2 dozen whole cloves
6 or 8 cinnamon sticks, broken

Preparation

Peel peaches.
Boil sugar, vinegar, water and spices until a moderately thick syrup.
Add peaches, about a dozen at a time. Boil until tender enough to stick with a straw to the seed.
Stir occasionally.
Fill jars with peaches.
Continue until all peaches are cooked.
Fill jars with syrup and seal.