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TEST OF THE QUALITY OF THE TREES. 



words, one gallon of spirit in one hundred of the liquor examined. 

 Now, moderately good Cider should not contain less than six per 

 cent, of alcohol ; and about one-fourth or one-sixth of its density 

 should still be left of unreduced sugar, to give it sweetness and 

 body. The density of juice, therefore, for moderately good Cider 

 should not be less than 1040. The richer the juice, the higher the 

 density, and the greater its value. Juice which has a density 

 below 1040 though it may make Cider, or Perry, if it has been 

 grown on good lands, can never give the superior quality, it is so 

 desirable to produce. The Saccharometer will thus point out 



ALL THE varieties OF FRUIT TREES WHICH SHOULD BE UPROOTED. 



The instrument requires a little experience to use it rightly, but 

 is yet very simple. 



The following table shows, at a glance, the exact amount of 

 spirit-producing power contained in juice of any given density, 

 according to the experiments of the French Chemists : — 



Table shewing the amount of Sugar contained in the French Litre of fresh 

 Apple Juice, and the per-centage of absolute Alcohol it will produce on 

 Fermentation. (The Litre is equal to 1 f pint English, or 35 oz.) 

 Baune's Densimeter.] [Extracted from Le Cidre, p. 130. 



