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provement of perry and cyder, and alfo for corre(5l^ 

 ing, or meliorating thefe liquors when prepared 

 from an unripe or inferior fruit ? 



It is greatly to be regretted that the capital old 

 fruits, which raifed the fame of the liquors of this 

 country, are now chiefly loft, or fo far on the de- 

 cline, as to be deemed irrecoverable. 



Mr. Marfhall, in his late furvey of the orchards 

 in Herefordlhire, aflures us that the redjlreak is 

 given up: the celebrated //r^ apple is going off; 

 and the f^uajb pear, which has probably furnifhed 

 this country with more Champaign than was ever 

 imported into it, can no longer be got to flourifhi 

 the ftocks canker and decay. 



In Yorkfhire feveral fine old fruits, which were 

 produdive within his own recolledlion, are loft ; 

 the ftocks cankered, and the trees barren. 



The famous Hagloe crab, which yields a cyder 

 that for richnefs, flavour, and price on the fpot, 

 furpaflfes perhaps every other fruit liquor, having 

 been valued at fixty guineas the hogftiead, is con- 

 fined to a fmall diftridt near Rofs in Herefordfhire^* 



t Rural Occonomy of Gloc^fterfhlre, Herefordihirct &c^ 

 vol. ii. page j^j^, 



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