VI. LIST OF FRUITS. 



but, they are soon after that compelled to plough up the 

 whole of the land, to manure it, and to take a crop or 

 two of grain, most frequently buck wheat, ploughing 

 always as deep as they can : after this, they lay the land 

 down with grass again j and thus they keep up the 

 bearing of their orchards. Mr. PLATT had a curious 

 mode of making strong cider : in the month of January 

 or February, he placed a number of hogsheads of cider 

 upon stands out of doors. The frost turned to ice the 

 upper part of the contents of the hogshead, and a tap 

 drew off from the bottom the part which was not 

 frozen. This was the spirituous part j and was as strong 

 as the very strongest of beer that can be made. The 

 frost had no power over this part j but the lighter part 

 which was at the top, it froze into ice. This, when 

 thawed, was weak cider. This method of getting strong 

 cider would not do in a country like this, where the 

 frosts are never sufficiently severe. As to the sorts of 

 apples and of other fruit-trees, they will be spoken of 

 under the respective heads in the Alphabetical List. 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF FRUITS. 



$61. APPLE. Apples are usually grafted on crab- 

 stocks -, but when you do not want the trees to grow so 

 very tall and large, it is better to raise the stocks from 

 apple^pipsj because they certainly come into bearing 

 sooner. Some graft apples upon stocks raised from 



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