THE ORCHARD 

 AND ITS PRODUCTS. 



CIDER AND PERRY. 



NeC VERO TERRyE FERRE OMNIA POSSIT. 



Virgil, Geor. II. 109. 



"Not every plant in every soil will grow." 



Dryden. 



" The FRAGRANT STONES, THE WIDE PROJECTED HEAPS 

 Of APPLES, WHICH THE LUSTY HANDED YEAR, 

 InNUMEROUS, o'er THE BLUSHING ORCHARD SHAKES ; 



a various spirit, fresh, delicious, keen, 

 Dwells in their gelid pores ; and active, points 

 The piercing cider for the thirsty tongue." 



Thomson. Seasons. 



" Would'st thou thy vats with generous juice should froth? 

 Respect thy orchats ; think not that the trees 

 Spontaneous will produce a wholesome draught 



Let art correct thy breed." 



Philips' Cyder. 



The variable and temperate climates of Northern Europe are 

 better suited to the growth of the Apple and the Pear-tree, than to 

 that of the heat loving Vine : and thus in olden times, when com- 

 munication was difficult, or almost impossible, and when each 

 locality was very much dependent on its own productions, Cider 

 and Perry became the natural drink of the inhabitants. It is not 



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