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Notwithstanding the acknowledged fitness of our 

 climate for the production of Apples and Cider of the 

 most exquisite flavour, we are yet without any detail- 

 ed system of practical management by a writer of our 

 own Country: the want of such a guide among a 

 people characterized by their attachment to the agri- 

 cultural life, and in many cases, suddenly transferred 

 from the busy scenes of professional avocations to a 

 country residence, has been frequently lamented : 

 the most successful managers in the art of cider ma- 

 king, are too often averse from imparting to others 

 what they believe to be profitable secrets of their bu- 

 siness many are incapable of clearly explaining what 

 they sufficiently understand to practise with success, 

 while a greater number are restrained by diffidence, 

 and by an apprehension of becoming objects of criti- 

 cism or censure, should they venture to communicate 

 to the public the result of their own experience, with 

 the laudable intent of benefiting others. 



Having been for many years actively engaged in 

 the rearing, planting, and cultivating fruit trees, on a 

 scale more extensive than has been attempted by any 

 other individual of this country, I have too often had 

 occasion to regret the difficulty, and not unfrequent- 

 ly the impossibility of obtaining from my own coun- 

 trymen, information on which I could rely respecting 

 the objects of my pursuit: in these moments of diffi- 



