Place all ingredients into a 7 qt dutch oven. Stir to combine, cover and bake at 300° for 4 hours. Stir, taste and add additional brown sugar if desired. If added sugar, return to oven for 30 additional minutes.
Once cooking is done, remove and discard whole spices plus dried ginger and orange.
To store, fill clean half-pint jars, leaving 1" headspace. Cover and refrigerate up to 6 weeks or freeze up to 6 months. Once opened, use within 10 days.
Makes 7 - half pint jars.
*can use 1 t ground allspice in place of the berries and 1/2 t ground cloves in place of the whole cloves.