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Show Concerning Cider. a prodigal wafte of thefpérits; and as foon toallow as befo wide asthe ferment begins to allay,the Vefels fhould befilled of the fame, and well ftopped. 20. Of late ’tis much commended, that before it be preft the Liquor and Muft fhould for four and twenty hours fermenttogether in a Vat for that purpofe, covered, as Ale or Beer in the Yeft-wat, and thentuoned up. Thisisfaid to enrich the liquor, and to give it fomewhat of the tindfure of fome red Apples, as I have feen, and very well approved. a1. As Sulphur hath fome ufe in Wines, fo fome do lay Brinsftone ona ragge, and by a wire let it down into the Céder-Vefel and there fireit ; and when the Veffelis full of thefwoak, the liquor fpeedily poured in fermentsthe better. I cannot condemnthis, for Suipbur ismore kind to the Lungs than Cider, and the impurity will be difcharged in the ferment. 22. Apples over-long hoarded before grinding will foralong time hold the liquor#hick3 and this liquor will be both pleafant, and as thiols, wholefome ; and we fee fome rich Wines of the later Vintage, and fromGreece,retain a like craffitude, and they are both meat and drink, 23. I have feen thick harfh Cider the fecond Summer become clear and very richly pleafants but I never fawclear acid Cider recover. 24. Wheat or Lever is good andkind in Cider, as in Beers Funiper- berries agree well andfriendly for Coxghs, weak Lungs, and the aged, butnot atfirft for every Palate: The moft infallible and undifcerned improver, is A¢uffard a Pint to each Hogfhead,bruiled, as for fauce, with a mixtureof the fame Cider, and applied as foon asthe Veflel is to be cloted after fermenting. 25. Bottleingisthe next improver, and proper for Cider; fome put two or three Rajfizs into every Bottle, which is to feek aid fromthe Vine. Here in Somerfetfhire | have feen as much as a Wal nut of Sugar, not without caufe, ufed for this Country Cider. 26, Crabs do not haften the decay of Perry, but preferveit, as Salt preferves flyh. But Pears and Crabs being of athoufand kinds require more 4phorifms 5 thisonly I would Note, that Land which retufes Apples, isgenerally civilto Pears, and Crabs mingled with them, makea rich and wholfome Cider, and has fometimes challenged even the belt Red-Strake. Concerning Cider. ‘oon bearing a full burden,and feldom or never failing till it decays; which is much fooner than other Apple-trees. "Tis lately fpread allover Hereford-fhire ; and hethat computes fpeedyreturb, and true Wine, will think of no other Cider-Apple, till a better be found. 31. Ifaid the Redfirake is a {mall forub, ‘tis of {mall growth where the Cider proves richeft, for ought we have yet feen in Herefordfhire, viz, in light quick land 5 and if the landbe verydry, jejune and fhallow, that and other Cider-fiuit (efpecially the Gen= wet-moyle)will fufpend the {tore offruit alternatively every other year 3 except fome Blafts or furprifing Frosts in the Spring alter that Method ; for two bad years feldom come togethér, very hardly three. 32. In good foil, [ mean of commonfield (for fat land is not belt for Cider-fruit, but common arable) I have feenthe Trees ofgood growth, almoft equalling other Cider-trees, the Apple larger and feldom failing of a good burthen : thusin the Vales ot Wheat-lands; in ftrong Glebe or Clay, where the Cider is not fo much extolled: but {till Sackis Sack, and Canary differs from Claret} fo does the Red-flrake- Cider of the Vale excell any other Cider of the forefaid foil, fuch as is already celebrated for its kindnefs to good Ci4 der. 33. Yet this diftinGtion of Sod requires much expersence, and arcat heed, if we infift upon accurate directions; for as Lauremberg faith, in pingiifolo nonferuntur omniarede, neg, in macro ni- hil, Andfor Gardens, Flowers, and Orchards, 1 would chufe many times fuch lands as do not pleafe the Hwsbandman, either for Wheat or {weet Paflure, whith are his chief aims; and thus Lanremberg, In Arida & tenuiterra felicivs proveniunt Ruta, Allium, Petrofelinum, Crocus, Hyffopws, Capparss, Lupini, Satureia, Thymws 5 Arbores quog, tenue C* macilentum folum amant 3 itemd, frutices plerigs Hujufmodi arboresfunt, Pomws, Pyrws, Cerafws, Prunus, Perfica, Cotonea, Morus, Fuglans, Corylus, Staphylodendrum, Mefpilws, Ornus, Caftanea, xc. Frutices,{cil. Vitis, Berberis, Genifla, JuniperH, Oxyacantha, Periclymenum, Rofa, Ribefinn, Ova, Spina, Vaceinia, Orc. 34. But herealfo we muft diftinguifh, that Pears willbear in a very Stony, hungry, gravelly: land, fuch as Apples will not bear In 5 27. Neither Wheat, Leven, Sulphur, nor Atuftard, are ufed but and [have feen Pears bear ina tough binding hung?y Clay, when well, for two, three, or four years, 28. Thetime of drawing Cider into Bottles is beft in March, trees, and the Afoffie and cankered rinds of the Apple trees did it being then clarified by the Wixter, and free from the heat ofthe {tony andftiff ground. And Cherries, Mulberries and Plums can rejoyceinaricher foil, though by the {malnefs of the Roots,the thal- by very few 3 and therefore are not neceflary to make Ciderlaft Sua, 29. In drawing,the beé is neereft the beart or middle of the Ve fel, as the Yelk in the Egge. 30. Red-firakes are ofdivers kinds, but the mame is in Here- fordfbire appropriated to one kind, which is fair and large, of a high purple colour, the {mell dAromatical, the Tree a very Jorub, foon Apples could not fo well bear it (as the {mooth rinds of the Pearprove) the root of a Pear-tree being it feems more able to pierce a lower foil will faffice them. And the Quinces require a deeper ground,and will bear with fome degrees ot hungry land,if they be iupplied with adue meafure of facenlency, and neighbouring moi- fture; and the other forubs according to the fmalnels of their roots, do generally bear a thinner land.I have feen a foil fo much tao rank for Apples and Plums, that oe fruits from year to Res , always |