5 A Aphorifnts concerning Cider. 



21. hsSiilphnr hathfomcufe in Wines ^ fo fome do lay Brim- 

 Jione on a ragge^ and by a wire let it down into the Cider-veJJel 

 and there /re it ^ and when the Veflel is full of the^^^o^i^the liquor 

 fpeedily poured in ferments the better. I cannot condemn this, 

 for Sulphur is more kind to the Lungs than Cider ^ and the impuri- 

 ty will be difcharged in the ferment. 



2 2. Apples over-long hoarded before grinding will for a long 

 time hold the \\(\\xox thick h and this liquor will be both plealant, 

 and as I think, wholefome , and we fee fome rich Wines of the la- 

 ter Vintage^ and from Greece^ retain a like craffitude, and they arc 

 both meat and drink. 



y^. I have feen thick harfli Cider the fecond Summer become 

 clear and very richly pleafent j but I never faw clear acid Cider 

 recover. 



24. /FAe<i^ or Lez/e« is good and kind in C/<^er, as in Beer 3 'ju- 

 niper-berries agree well and friendly for Coughs^ weak Lungs, and 

 the aged, but not at firft for every Palate : The moft infallible 

 and undifcerned improver, is Mujiard a Pint to each HogJheaJ, 

 bruifed, as for fauce, with a mixture of the fame Cider , and ap- 

 plied as fbon as the Veflel is to be doled after fermenting. 



25. Bottleing is the next />/pr<j«;er, and proper for C/Jer 5 fome 

 put two or three Raifins into every Bottle, which is to feek aid 

 from the Vine. Here in Somerfetfhire I have feen as much as a 

 Wal-nut of Sugar J not without caufe, ufed for this Country Cider, 



26. Crabs do not haftenthe decay of Perry, butpreferve it, as 

 Salt preferves flejh. But Pears and Crabs being of a thoufand 

 kinds require more Aphorifmes. 



27. tieKthet wheat, Leven, Sulfhur,nor Muftard, ate ufed but 

 by very feWj, and therefore are not neceffary to make Cider laft 

 well, for two, three or four years. 



28. The time of drawing Cider into Bottles is beft in March, 

 it being then clarified by the Winter, and free from the heat of 

 the Sun. 



2 9. In drawing, the beji is neereft the heart or middle of the VeP 

 fel, as theTe/4,in the Egge. 



30. JKetf/-^r<i4«" are of divers kinds, but the name is in Here/JjrJ- 

 Jhire appropriated to one kind, which is fair and large, of a high 

 purple colour, the fmell Aromatical, the Tree a very Jhrub, fome 

 bearing a full burthen, and feldom or never failing till it decays, 

 which is much fooner then other Apple-trees. 'Tis lately (prcad 

 all over Herefordfiire j and he that computes fpeedy return, and 

 true Wine , will think of no other Cider-apple , till a better be 

 found. 



31. I faidthe Red-fir ak§ is a fcnzW jhrub, 'tisof fmall growth 

 where the Cider proves richeft, for ought we have yet (een in 

 Herefordjhire, viz. in light quick land > and if the land be very 

 dry, jejune and (hallow, that and other Cider-fiuit (efpecially the 

 Cennet-mojile )-w\\l fufpendthe ftore of fruit alternatively every 

 other year •■> except fome Blafis or furprifing Frojis in the Spring 

 alter that Method j for two bad years feldom come together, 

 very hardly three. 32. In 



