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is affected by the acid of the cider operating on the 

 metal, producing a dark shade in the colour : having 

 used them for seven years past, I can confidently as- 

 sert, that with such attention to washing the nuts, as 

 is indispensible to cleanliness in the making of fine 

 cider with wooden nuts of any quality or construc- 

 tion, this apprehension will be found groundless : the 

 cider made from the Hewes's Crab, is of all fruit li- 

 quors the purest, the thinnest, and most proper for the 

 detection of such a property in the iron nuts if pro- 

 perly made, no such effect will ever be perceptible. 

 An effect arising from the extreme negligence and 

 disgusting filth observable in many instances in the 

 manufacture of cider, is not a fair argument against the 

 economy, the durability, and the capacity of iron nuts 

 for thoroughly grinding the skins and seeds of the ap- 

 ple, without any tinge from the iron when conducted 

 with due attention to cleanliness ; which advantages 

 are universally ascribed to the iron nuts. * 



Connected with the mill, there is in all large cider 

 works a framed vat, capable of holding sufficient pom- 

 ace for a large cheese of four or five hogsheads : the 

 pomace of all our fine cider apples, except the Hewes's 

 Crab, acquires sweetness and strength by remaining 



* In many parts of the Eastern division of New-Jersey, where 

 cider establishments are on a very large scale, the use of nuts 

 is but little known; large wheels running hi a circular trough, 

 are there almost exclusively used for grinding their apples. 



