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VINEGAR, CIDER, AND FRUIT-WINES. 



their way into the markets, though it is there, as here, largely an 

 article of home consumption. Certain parts of those countries 

 are famous for the quality of their ciders, notably Normandy, in 

 France, and Herefordshire and Devonshire, in England. France 

 produced in 1883, 23,493,000 hectoliters (620,211,200 gallons) of 

 cider, or one-half of the quantity of wine produced or three times 

 as much as the total quantity of malt liquors. 



Rousseau has published the mean of twenty analyses of Brit- 

 tany cider, but his results are so low that it is thought by French 

 authorities that his samples had been watered : 



Alcohol, per cent, by volume 

 Extract grammes per liter . 

 Sugar .... 



Total ash .... 

 Ash soluble in water 



2.5 

 19.3 

 2.5 

 1.52 

 1.17 



The following are analyses of pure ciders from different parts 

 of France made in the Paris municipal laboratory ; the figures 

 are in grammes per liter : 



