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without the slightest change. In this concentrated state 

 it has been supposed that a few pounds added to a hogs- 

 head of water might form a good liquor, similar to perry or 

 cider. It might also, as he supposes, answer as a substi- 

 tute for the rob of .lemons and oranges, and at much less 

 expense. 



The late Hon. Timothy Pickering has related the ac- 

 count of the efficacy of sweet apples in the cure of a sick 

 horse : it is also stated that horses, cattle, and swine, fatten 

 in a remarkably short space of time when fed on sweet ap- 

 ples. It is true, cattle may have been injured by breaking 

 into orchards and devouring at once an inordinate quantity 

 of the forbidden fruit; but this is equally true, when*they 

 have broken into cornfields ; yet neither are injurious when 

 used as regular food. And it is thought by many, that the 

 earliest fruit, the windfalls, may be more profitably con- 

 sumed by permitting cattle and swine regularly to range 

 the orchards, than by being gathered for the purposes of 

 distillation. 



The unfermented juice of sweet apples is sometimes, by 

 boiling, converted into molasses, in those places where this 

 article is not easily obtained. But, for the manufacture of 

 molasses or sugar, it is not altogether improbable that the 

 potato, or the sugar beet, from some late experiments, may 

 offer in future a much more profitable resource. 



VARIETIES. 



The varieties of apples are described in three classes. 







CLASS I. Varieties in cultivation in the United States. 



CLASS II. Select Foreign Varieties deserving trial 

 with us. 



CLASS III. Select Varieties for Northern Climes. 



NOTE. Those described, on the authority of Judge 

 Buel, of the first class, are considered by him as among the 

 best varieties of that country. M. refers to Mr. Manning, 

 and L. to Mr. Lyman. 



