This section is from the book "Physical Culture Cook Book", by Bernarr MacFadden, Mrs. Mary Richardson and Geo. Propheter. Also available from Amazon: Physical Culture Cook Book.
Ten pounds of fruit, five and a half pounds sugar, one quart of vinegar; mace, cinnamon, cloves to taste. Prick each peach with a fork, heat in water enough to cover. Take them all out; add to the water sugar, vinegar and spices in a bag. Boil until scum ceases to rise, then return fruit to syrup, and can when tender.
Pare and quarter; to every ten pounds add three pounds brown sugar, one pint vinegar, one ounce cloves, one ounce cinnamon; boil till tender.
 
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