46 ON CIDER. 



V. ON CIDER. 



The Committee on Cider, report, that four gentlemen ap- 

 peared as competitors for the premiums offered by the Society, 

 for Cider, to wit : — 



Amos Kimball, ofBoxford, 

 Harrison B. SpofFord, of Rowley, 

 Jonathan Ilsley, of West Newbury, and 

 William Tyler ofBoxford. 

 The cider exhibited by Mr Kimball was of a high order of 

 excellence. It was clear, sprightly, of good color and of ex- 

 cellent flavor. Mr Kimball furnished the committee with a 

 particular statement of the manner of making and preserving the 

 cider. By this statement it appears the cider was made about 

 the 20th Nov. 1832, with eight or nine other barrels, all of 

 which were much alike, and that it is the pure juice of the apple, 

 without any other mixture or ingredient whatever. The fruit 

 was well assorted and consisted principally of the green sweet- 

 ing, the baldwin and the pippin apples, — and was ground the 

 night before pressing. Particular care was taken in straining the 

 cider, that the straw should be clean and closely packed. The 

 cider remained out of the cellar three or four days after it was 

 made, the weather not being very cold. It was put into new 

 strong casks and but little air admitted during the winter. It 

 was drawn off the first of April and put into the same casks after 

 they had beeii cleansed with water, and a brimstone match. 

 All the cider was sold with the exception of two barrels in June 

 and July. The barrel presented for premium was wrapped in 

 woolen blankets by the middle of June. About the middle of 

 August Mr Kimball sold the barrel of cider not wrapped in 

 blankets, and at this time there was no perceptible difference 

 between the two barrels, except that the one wrapped in blank- 

 ets was colder than the other. The cellar of Mr Kimball is of a 

 dry sandy nature, and by the first of July generally gets warm, 

 but he is not sure that cider changes any sooner in such a cellar. 

 Mr Kimball remarks, that although there may be a difference 

 m cellars in regard to keeping cider, yet his own experience has 



