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from the Lees and work it in that Vessel as long as it will 

 work, then stop it up for six or eight months; at which 

 time, if it be fine, you may bottle it off, and it will keep a 

 year or two. Ibid. 



BLACK CHERRY WINE. Boil three gallons of Spring 

 water for an Hour, then bruise twelve pounds of Black 

 cherries; but don't break the stones; pour the Water 

 boiling hot on the Cherries; stir the Cherries well in the 

 Water, and let it stand for twenty-four Hours ; then strain 

 it off, and to every gallon put near two pounds of good 

 Sugar, mix it well with the Liquor, and let it stand one Day 

 longer; then pour it off clear into the Vessel, and stop it 

 close. Let it be very fine before you draw it off in Bottles. 

 Ibid. 



MORELLO CHERRY WINE is made after the same 

 manner, the fruit being picked and bruised without breaking 

 the stones. This mash being let stand in an open Vessel 

 for twenty-four hours, must be afterwards press'd in a Hair 

 Bag, twenty-two pounds of fine sugar put to every gallon 

 of Liquor, and after it has done working, being stopp'd up 

 close for three or four months, it may be bottled and will 

 be fit for drinking in two months. Ibid. 



APRICOT WINE. Take twelve pounds of ripe Apricots, 

 stone and pare them fine, put six pounds of good Sugar into 

 seven quarts of Water, boil them together and as the scum 

 rises take it off, and when it has been well scummed, slip in 

 the Apricots, and boil them till they become tender, then 

 take them out, and if you please you may put in a Sprig or 

 two of flowered Clary, and let it have a boil or two more, and 

 when it is cold Bottle it up, and in six months it will be fit 

 for drinking; but the longer it is kept the better it will be, 

 for it will hold good for two years and more. After it has 

 been Bottled a Week, you should try if there be any settle- 

 ment, and if so, pour the liquor off into fresh Bottles, which 

 may be afterwards separated again as it grows -fine. The 

 Apricots that are taken out may be made into marmalade, 



