Sweet Cucumber Pickles

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)

Directions:
- 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.