Wash pumpkin. Remove peel and seed. Cut pumpkin as wanted. Weigh and mix with sugar. let stand dozen to 18 hours in a cool place. Add thinly sliced lemons, salt and mixed spices (tied in bag). Boil until pumpkin is clear and sirup thick. Pour, boiling hot, into hot Ball jars; seal at once. NOTE: Use ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, etc to flavor this your way. From the; Ball Blue Book Home canning and freezing recipes and methods Published in 1956 by Ball Brothers Co. INC. Muncie, Indiana