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rious diseases. In low fevers of the putrid kind, it is 

 not merely a good substitute, but is equally efficacious 

 with port, or other foreign wines. 



"Excellent brandy is made from apples in the United" 

 States, notwithstanding what Chaptal has said on the 

 subject. If carefulty distilled from sound apples, and 

 kept a few years in a warm situation, it is very agree- 

 able, when diluted with water. One wine glass full, 

 added to a half gallon bowl of punch, highly improves 

 ihe flavour of that drink." 



POMONA WINE. 



"It is said that several of the agricultural societies 

 have adopted regulations for the encouragement of A- 

 rnerican beverage, at their annual jubilees. Currant 

 wine is to be substituted for claret ; and the great sta- 

 ple of New England, cider, is to be substituted for Ma- 

 deira. The following is a receipt to make it : 



"Take cider, made of sound apples, sweet from the 

 press, and leach it through a barrel filled with clean 

 dry sand. After it has passed through, carefully drain 

 it off into a brass or copper kettle; in which it must 

 be boiled one hour over a slow fire, and skimmed clean. 

 After it has been taken offand cooled, strain it through 

 a fine cloth, and put it into a cask that is perfectly 

 clean. Set it in a cool part of the cellar, and let it re- 

 main five or six weeks, when one quart of the best 

 French Brandy, and one pound of raisins, must be add- 

 ed to eight gallons. 



"It ought to be made a year, at least, before it is 

 used. It is needless to state that the quality of the 

 liquor will be improved by age." 



"This American process has, of late years, been im- 

 itated in the cider counties, and particularly in the 

 \vest of England, where several hundred hogsheads of 

 cider wine are annually prepared ; and being suppos- 



