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Show OBSERVATIONS Concerning the Makingand Preferving Concerning Cider. A Friend of mine having madeprovifion of Apples for Cider whereoffo great a part were found rotten when the time ofgrind ing them came, that they did, as ‘twere wath the Room with they Juice, through which they were carried to the Wring, had Cides from them notonlypaflable, but exceeding good; though not without previous ufe of the pre-mention’dCaution. 1 am allo aflured by a Neighbour of mine, That aBrotherof his who is a great Cider-Merchant ia Devonfhire, is by frequent experience fo well fatisfied of the harmlefnefs of Rotten-<pples, that he makes no fcruple of exchanging with any one that comes to his Cider-prefs, a Buthel offound-Apples for the fame meafure of the other. Herein, I fuppofe, (if ia other refpedts they be not prejudicial) he may bea gainer by the near compreflion of the tains ed Fruit, which, as we {peak in our Country Phrafe, will go nearer together than the other. His advantage may be the greater, if the conceit which goes current with them be not a bottomlefs fancy, That a convenient quantity of rotten-Apples mixt with the found, is greatly afliftant to the work,offermenta- tion, and notably helps to clarifiethe Cider. FOHN NREWBURG H Ef, f. F the Apples are made up immediately from the Tree, they are obferv'd to yield wore, but not fo good Cider, as when boarded the {pace of a Moneth orfix weekss and if they contract any uopleafing tafte (as fometimes ‘tis confefv'd _, they do) it may be imputed to the Room they lie in which if ic hath any thing in it, of either too {weet or unfavoury fmell, the Apples (as things moft fufceptible of impreffion) will beeafily tainted thereby. : One of myacquaintance, when a child, hoarding Apples in Box where Rofe-Cakes and other {weets were their oota « e found them offo unfavourytafte, and of fo rank a relifh deriv’d from the too near neighbour-hood of the Perfumes, that even a childith palate ( which feldom miflikes any thing that looks like an Apple) could not difpenfe withit. It is therefore obferv'd by prudent Fruiterers, to lay their Apples upon clean new made Reed,till they grind them for Cider or otherwife make ufeof them, And if, notwithftanding caution, they contrac any rottennefs before they come this to the Cider-prefs, the damage will not be great, if care be had before the Apples be ground, to pick out the fianewed and the blackrotten; the ret, though fomewhatof putrefaction hath pafs’d upon them,will not render the Eder ill condition’d, either in refpe& of tafte, or duration. : A 3° Ic matters not much whether the Cider be forced to purgeit felf by working downwards in the Barrel, or upwards at theulual Vent, fotherebe matterfufficient left on the top for a thick skin or film, which will fometimes be drawn over it whenit works, after the ufual manner, as when tis prefently ftopt up with {pace left for fermentatien, to be perform'd altogether within the Veflel. ; Thethick skin, or Leathern-coat, the Cider oftentimes con- tra¢ts, as wellafter ic hath purged it felf after the ufual manner, as otherwife, is held the fureft prefervation of its Jpirits, and the beft fecurity againft other inconveniences incident to this, and other like vinous Liquors, of which the Devonfhire CiderMerehants are fo fenfible, that, befide the particular care they take, that matter be not wanting for the Contexture of this upper garment by {topping up the Veffel as foon as theyhave fill'd its (with the allowance ofa Gallon or two upon the {core of Fermentation) they caft in Wheaten Bran, or Duft, to thicken the Coat, and renderit more certaialy Air-proof. And I think you will believe their care in this kind not impertinent, if you can believe a {tory which I have to tell of its marvellousefficacy: A near neighbour of mine aflures me, that his Wife having this year filleda Barrel with Aécad, being ftrong, it wrought fo boiftroufly inthe Veffel, that the good Woman cafting her eye that way, accidentally, foundit leaking at every chink, which afcribing tothe ftrength of the Liquor, the thought immediately by giving it vent, to fave both the Liquor and the Vefl:1, but ie vain both theStopples being pulled out, the leakege {till continued, and the Veflel notatall reliev’d, till cafually at length putting |
