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Observations on making and fining Cyder, and on Peach 

 Trees. By Timothy Matlack, Esq. 



Read March 8th, 1808. 



Lancaster, 1th March, 1808. 

 Dear Sir, 



A visit a few days ago from the reverend doctor 



Muhlenbergh of this borough, and a communication 



of a paragraph of your letter to him, for which I thank 



you, brings in review your letter of last fall, which 



came to hand when there was little probability of my 



ever being able to acknowledge the receiving of it. — 



The error in the size of Mr. Cooper's vine* has hap- 

 pened on the most favourable side, and it is fortunate 

 that it is so : for the measure, as given, is quite large 

 enough to obtain credit. He has little reason to thank 

 me for the publication, since it has occasioned him so 

 many troublesome visits, from persons who sought 

 only to gi*atify an idle curiosity, and he has no other 

 compensation to hope for, than the pleasure it must 

 aiford him to see, that it has also drawn the attention 

 of some gentlemen whose object is public improve- 

 ment, and that it has tended to encourage them in their 

 laudable pursuits. 



The making and fining of cyder, so as to produce 

 that excellent liquor in the perfection it is capable of, 

 would no doubt be a great public benefit, and I con- 



[* This alludes to a publication of Mr. Matlack's, respect- 

 ing a native vine of Mr. Cooper's, which covers an area of 

 3877 square feet.] 



