Cut skin from watermelon; cut rind into small pieces about two inches square; cover with water and cook until tender. Boil sugar and vinegar ten minutes; add spices tied in a bag, simmer until sirupy, about two hours; add melon and simmer one hour. Fill jars and seal.

Sweet Pickled Pears

Wash pears, but do not pare. Stick the cloves into the pears. Make a sirup of sugar and vinegar; add spices, when boiling, add a few pears at a time and cook until tender. Fill jars and seal.

Sweet Pickled Cantaloupe

Prepare in the same way as [Sweet Pickled Watermelon], substituting cantaloupe.

Sweet Cucumber Pickle

Soak the cucumbers in a brine for two weeks; drain, and slice lengthwise. Cook in a sirup made by cooking six pounds sugar and four quarts of vinegar; boil twenty minutes. Keep in tightly covered crock.