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Show Concerning Cider. Concerning Cider. the Crib, within which they place two wide and thick Chee/éfats, aod feveral blocks upon the Frxit, to crufhit down with the more force , by which meansit is wrung fo dry, as nothing can be had more out of it. Another Account of CID ER from a Perfonof great Experience. A Crib will contain at once, as much ground Fruit, as will make above an Hogs-head of Cider, and there may be difpatchedfix orfever fuch Vefels in one day. Whenthe Preffing is finifhed, they take out the Frat, and put it into a great Fat, pouring feveral Payls of Water to it, which being well impregn’d, is ground again fleightly in the A#Z, to make an ordinary Cider forthefervants; this they ufually drink all the Year about. When the beft Liquor is tun’d up, they commonly leave the Bung-hole open, for sine orten days, to ferment and. purifies for thoughio moft places they adde firuéning to all this, yet fome of the Husks and Ordare willremain in it. The Vefel after aday or twoftanding,is fill'd up, and {till asthe Cider waftes in working, they fupplie it again, till no morefilth rifes; and thenftop it up very accurately clofe, leaving only a {mall breathing hole to give it air for a Adoneth after; and to prevent the bwrfting of the Feffel. Note, That they fometimes puts Pears, and: of Apples. The nfual Names of Glocefter-fhire Cider-Fruit. Red freaks, growing chiefly in the Rye-Lands, {weet WhiteMukts, Red- Must, the Winter-Muft, the Streak=Muft,che GennetAfoyl, the Woodcock:Apple; the Brows{grove-Crab, the Great-whiteCrab, the Heming, and divers other forts, but thefe are the principal. Cages for {trength, and a long lafting Dri#k, is beft made of the Fox-Whelp of the Foreft of Deane, but which comes not to be drunktill two or three years old. 2. Bromsborrow-Crab the fecond year ; 1a the Coaft and Tract ‘twixt Hereford and Ledbury. 3. Under-leaf, belt at two years, a very plentiful bearer hatha Rhenifh-wine flavours the very beft of all Ciders of this kind, boarded alittle within doors. The /onger you would keep, the longer you mult hoard your Frait. 4. The Red-firake of Kings-Capel, and thofe parts, is in great variety : Some make Cider that is not of continuance, yet pleafant and good others, that lafts long, inclining towards the Bromsborrow-Crab rather than a Red-/trake. 5. A long pale Apple, called the Coleing, about Ludlow, an extraordinary bearer. 6. The Arier-Apple, a conftant bearer, making a {trong and lafting Cider 5 fome call them Richards,fome Grang- apples; and indeed they make fo excellent a Drink, that they are worthyto be recoverdinto ufe. 7-The Olive,well known about Ludlow, may, I conceive be ac- counted of the Winter-Cider Apples, of which ‘tisthe conftant report, that an Hogs-head of the Fruit will yicld an Hogs-head of Cider. The Summer-Ciders are, 1. The Geanet: Moyl of one year + The beft Baking- Apple that grows,and keeps long baked; but not fo unbaked without growing mealy : it drys well in the Ovex,and with Jittle trouble. The Gennet The Pears for Perry are, The Red Squafh-pear efteem'd the belt, the Jobn-pear, the Harpary Green-pear, the Drake-pear, the Green Squafh-pear, the Mary-pear., the Lullam-pear: thefe arethe chief. Moy! Cider, when the Fruit is well boarded and mellow,will body, and keepbetter. 2. The Summer Red-firake, of a wonderful fragrant and Aromatique quality. : 3. Sir Ed. Harley's little Apple, efteemed to make one of the id richeft Ciders inthe World. Alfo, his, 4. Great Summer-Apple, refembling the Red-[trake, juicy and Aromatique. : 5. The White-Muji, fireaked Mu/?,&c. great bearers, and their : , Cider earlyripe. 6. Pearmains, have made excellent Cider, as good, if not fupe- rior to any other in fome years; and thoughit be true, that every for fort of Fruit makes better Drink {ome yearsthan others 3 yet, fromthe refults ofCider andperfettion goodnefs the moft part,the Another trom lucky, or intelligent Gathering, or Hoarding of the Fruit, or both 5 and this ksowledge mult be from Experience. and bett Jaft7. Generally,the Cider longeft in fizing,is ftrongeft time. ing,efpecially if thefr#ét have beenwell boardedfor forme "9. Cider made of Green,and immature Fruitwill not fine kindly, and when it does, it abides not long good, but fuddenly becomes ns dod 9.Cide eagre, K : |