Sweet 14 day Sweet Pickles

Make your sweet pickles in 14 days. This makes for the best and sweetest taste. They're great for those outdoor grilling days.

Virginia Chunks.
Clean the cukes and place in a crock.
Make a brine of 2 cups salt to 1 gallon water.
Boil the brine and pour it over the cukes while boiling hot.
Let stand for 7 days.
In hot weather, skim daily.
Drain and cut into chunks.
For the next 3 mornings make a boiling hot solution of 1 gallon water and 1 tablespoon powdered Alum.
Pour over cukes.
Make this fresh hot bath for 3 mornings.
On the 4th morning, drain and discard alum water.
Heat 6 cups vinegar, 5 cups sugar, 1/2 cup pickling spice and to boiling point and pour over pickles.
On the 5th morning drain this liquid off.
Save the liquid and add 2 cups sugar to it.
Heat it to the boiling point and pour over pickles.
On the 6th morning drain this liquid and add 1 cup sugar, heat to boiling.
Pack the pickle chunks in sterilized jars and pour boiling liquid over them to within a 1/2 to 1 inch of the top and seal with the lids.
If my counting is right, that makes 13 days, not 14 but hope this will help.