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(that is, before any fermentation takes place) and the scum be- 

 ing taken off as it rises, the boiling is continued until the liquor 

 acquires the consistence of molasses. 



Sweet apples are of different degrees of sweetness. Those 

 of the richest kinds should be chosen for the purpose of making 

 molasses. But in grafting, the cions should be taken (as they 

 ought to be for all kinds of fruit) not from old, worn out trees, 

 but from those whose originals are in full health and vigour. 

 For it has been satisfactorily ascertained in England (and proofs 

 of it are not wanting in our own country) that fruit trees have 

 their infancy, (springing from seeds) youth, maturity, and old 

 age ; and that when they have reached this last stage, it is in 

 vain that attempts are made to continue them. Or if the cions 

 take, and grow for a few years, they are unproductive, and 

 soon decay. The reason is plain : every cion is a part of the 

 tree from which it is taken ; and if this be in a state of decrepi- 

 tude, so will be the cion ; and although grafted on a youthful, 

 thrifty stock, it will be of no avail. 



ERRATUM. 



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