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Show GENERAL ADVERTISEMENTS CONCERNING »IDER: By D BEALE, E that would treat exactly of Cider and Perry, mutt lay his foundation fo deep as to begin with the Soyl: For asno Culture or Graffs will exalt the French Wines to compare with the Wines of Greece, Canaries, and Montefiafco; fo neither willthe Ci- der of Bromyard and Ledbary equal that of Hamlacy, and KingsCapell, in the fame {mall County of Hereford. 2. Yet the choice of the Graffor Fruit hath fo much of prevalency', that the Red-ftrake-Cider will every where excel common Cider,as the Grape of Frostignac, Canary, or Baccharach, excels the common French Grapes at leaft, till by time and traduction it degeherateth, 3. Tcannot divine what Sozl or what Fruit would yield the beft Cider's or, how excellent Cider or Perry might be ifall So/s in common‘and all Frat were tried; but for thirty years [have tried all forts of Ciderin Hereford-fhire, and for three yéars I have tried the beft Cider in Somerfet-(bire 5 and for fome years [have hadthe beft Cider ‘of ‘Kent and Effex at mycalls yer hitherto I have al- waysfoundthe Cider ot Hereford fhire the bet, and fo adjudged byall good Palates. But! fhall rejoice to be better informed, and truly from all other Coxntries; and do both wifh and hope, that in a fhort time, we fhall every where be rich in many Improve- wients. 4. Icannot undertake to particularize all kind of Soz/,no more than'to compute how many /yllables may be drawn from the Alphabet ; the number of Alphabetical Elements being better known thanthe Ingredients and Particles of Soil, as Chalk, Clay, Gravel, Sand, Marle, (the tenacioufnefs, colour, and innumerable other qualities,fhewing endlefsdiverfitics; and the Fruit of Crabs, Apples, and Pears, being as various as of Grapes,Figs, and Plums, 5. Yetingrofs, this! note; That as Bacchus anzat colles, and alight ground, fo our beft Cider comes from the hot Kie-Lands: Tn fat Wheat-Land it is more fluggifh; and in white, ftiff Clay- Land (as in Woollbopein Hereford-fhire) the common Cider wtih thie |