Sweet Tomato Pickle

Three and 1/2 lbs. tomatoes, 1 3/4 lbs. sugar, 1/2 oz. each of cinnamon, mace and cloves mixed, 1 pint vinegar.

Peel and slice the tomatoes, sticking into them the cloves; put all together into a stewpan and stew an hour. When done pack in glass jars, and pour the syrup over boiling hot.

Sweet Peach Pickle

To 4 lbs. peaches allow 2 lbs. white sugar, 1/2 oz. each of mace, cinnamon and cloves mixed, and 1 pint of the best white vinegar.

Pour scalding water over the peaches and remove the skins with a butter knife; drop into cold water; stick four cloves in each peach. Lay the peaches in preserving-pan with the sugar sprinkled over them; bring gradually to the boil, add vinegar and spice, boil 5 or 6 minutes. Remove the peaches and place in bottles. Boil the syrup thick and pour over boiling hot.