38 FRUIT GATHERING. 



Pippin ; Westbu?y Crab ; Harvey Apple ; John Apple ; Undei'leaf ; 

 Slacken Apple ; Oaken Pin ; Elliot ; Nonsuch ; Musts, Fillets, &=c., 

 &=€. Lastly, the third class contained such fruits as made "a 

 pleasant, sweet, acceptable Cyder, though not long lasting " useful 

 for the table, such for example, as Pippins ; Pearmaijis ; Gilly- 

 flozvers ; Marigolds ; Golden Renjietting ; Wi7iter Queening, ^c. 

 The early Ciderists thus recognized the fact, that in Cider districts. 

 Cider could be made from all varieties of Apples ; but at the same 

 time they shewed a keen appreciation of the varying qualities of 

 Cider, made from different varieties of fruit. In the present days 

 of cheap and easy transit, the first and third of these classes find a 

 more lucrative sale in the markets for domestic consumption, and 

 they are only used for making Cider in some exceptional year, or 

 for some peculiar reason. The Apples now used for making the 

 best quality of Cider, and the same may be said of Pears for Perry, 

 are special varieties grown for the purpose ; and such as are not 

 worthy of consideration for use in any other way. They vary as a 

 matter of course as to their season of maturation, and are therefore 

 practically divided into early, mid-season, and late varieties ; and 

 thus in well regulated Orchards, the mill is supplied in convenient 

 succession. In the Channel Islands, in Germany, and sometimes in 

 America, it is still the custom to use the best varieties of dessert 

 fruit, both of Apples and Pears, for the manufacture of Cider and 

 Perry, but it can scarcely be said that the result justifies the 

 practice. 



Fruit Gathering. — The first care of the Orchardist is to 

 gather the fruit when sufficiently ripened, and this period will vary 

 considerably, not only according to the season, but also according 

 to the varying aspects of the tree. 



" Fruit gathered too timelie will taste of the wood. 

 Will shrink and be bitter, and seldome prove good ; 

 So fruit that is shaken, or beat off a tree. 

 With bruising or falling soon faultie will be." 



Tusser. — Points of Good Husbandry. 



