Bernardin Home Canning: Because You Can: Spiced Crab Apples

Ingredients

• 4-1/2 cups (1125 ml) granulated sugar
• 3 cups (750 ml) water
• 2-1/2 cups (625 ml) white vinegar
• 4 inch (10 cm) cinnamon sticks
• 1 tbsp (15 ml) each: whole allspice and whole cloves
• 8 cups (2 L) stemmed crab apples, pricked with a fork
• about 3 lb (1.4 kg) or forty 1-1/2-inch (3.8 cm) crabapples