53 MANAGEMENT 



CHAPTER XIV, 



ON THE PROPERTIES AND MANAGEMENT 

 OF CIDER. 



This is unquestionably, the most difficult branch 

 of the business of an Orchardist; and that on which 

 the success of his plans must chiefly depend. It in- 

 volves some principles of chymical science, not easily 

 comprehended or explained by men of common educa- 

 tion, yet necessary to be known to every cultivator of 

 orchards, who aims at any degree of perfection, in the 

 selection of his fruits, or the management of his liquor. 

 In the explanation which I shall attempt of these rules 

 of the art of cider making, with their principles and 

 details, I shall avail myself of the opinions, and some- 

 times of the language, of men of high reputation and 

 great skill, in preference to any exposition of what 

 might be offered as the result of my own practice and 

 experience. Those respectable writers, have been my 

 instructors in what may be properly denominated the? 



