This section is from the book "The Cook's Guide", by Semper Fidelis Circle. Also available from Amazon: The Cook's Guide.
Twelve lbs shredded (green) tomatoes, 3 lbs green peppers, 5 lbs silver-skin onions. Sprinkle with salt and let them stand over night. Press dry and add I head cabbage, 1 stock celery, 3 quarts vinegar, 1 pint brown sugar, 10 cents' worth of white mustard seed and 5 cents' worth of celery seed. Cook tender and bottle.
Chop green tomatoes fine, sprinkle with salt and let them stand 24 hours. Use same amount of cucumbers and cauliflower. Take 1/4 amount of onions, chop separate, cover with cold vinegar for 48 hours. Press dry and add celery and white mustard seed, horseradish and green and red peppers, 4 lbs brown sugar to the gallon and vinegar sufficient to cover. Boil 20 minutes.
One-half bushel green tomatoes, 1 dozen onions, 6 green peppers chop all and sprinkle with 1 pint salt. Let them stand over night. Drain and cover with good vinegar and cook slowly for 1 hour. Strain and put in jars, leaving an inch of space at top of dressing.
Dressing is as follows: Mix and cook thoroughly 2 lbs sugar, 2 teaspoons each of cloves, cinnamon and allspice, 1 teaspoon pepper, 1/2 cup ground mustard seed, 1 pint grated horseradish and vinegar sufficient to mix. Pour boiling hot over mixture, will keep for years.
 
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