^3 Aphorijms concerning Cider. 



them, for then^ort 5 and then mouths will be morejiupified then 

 at the root of PVake-rohin. 



46. A row of Crab-trees will give an improvement to any kind 

 of Perry ^ and fince Pears and Crabs may be of as inany kj»ds as 

 there are kernels^ or different kinds or mixtures oi foils j in a ge- 

 neral character I would prefer the largeft and fuUeft: of all auftcre 

 juices. 



47. M. Lill of Marole (aged about 90 years) ever obferved this 

 Rule, to graffno vptld Pear-tree till he faw the fiuit ^ if it proved 

 large, juicy and brkli, it failed not of good Liquor. But I fee 

 caufe to (ay, that to graf a young tree with a riper graff, and 

 kpown excellency, is a ilire gain and haftens the return. 



48. M. Sfeke (laft high sheriff oi Somerfetjhire) ihewed me in 

 his P<?r J^ (bme ftore oi Crab-trees, of fuch hugc^w/^, that in this 

 fertile year he offered a roager, that they would yield one or two 

 Hogjheads of Liquor • each of them , yet were they fmall dry 

 Crabs. 



49. I have feen feveral forts of Crabs (which are the natural 

 Apple, or at worft but the Wild-apple) which are as large as many 

 forts of Apples, and the Liquor winy. 



50. I have difclaimcd the Cuit oi "juniper-berries in Cider -.^ I 

 tried it only once for myjelf, and drank it before ChriB mas: pof- 

 fibly inrtnore time the rellilh had been fubdued or improved, as of 

 Hops \t\Jiale Beer, and of Rennet in good Parmafan. Neither was 

 the Cuji to iTie otherwife unpleafant then as Annije-Jeeds in Bread, 

 Tatherjirange then odious ; and by cuftom made grateful, and it 

 did haften the clarification, and increafe the brifknefs to an endlels 

 ^arkiing : thus it indulgeth the Lungs, and nothing more cheap j 

 where Jumper grows a Girl may Ipcedily fill her lap with the 

 Berries. 



\f Barbados G'mger be good, cheaper, and a morepleafant pre- 

 (erver of Beer, it muft probably be moft kind for Cider : For 

 firft, of all the improvers that I could name, bruifed MuSiard was 

 the beft , and this Ginger hath the fame quick, mordicant vigor, in 

 a more noble and more Aromatique fragrancy. Secondly, Cider 

 (as I oft complain) is of a fluggifh and fomewhat windy nature 5 

 and for fomc Moneths the beft of it is chain'd up with a cold liga- 

 ture, as we phancie the^re to be lock'd up in a cold Flint. This 

 will relieve the />rzp»er. And thirdly, will afiift the w/zry vigor 

 for them that would ufe it in ftead of a fparkling Wine. Fourthly, 

 'Tis a good fign of much kindnefs, and great friendfhip : it will 

 both enliven the ferment for fpeedier maturity, and alio hold it 

 out for more duration, both which offices it performs in Beer- 



5 1 . Cider being windy before maturity , fome that muft not 

 wait the leifure of beft Seafon do put fprigs of Rofe-mary and 

 Bays in the Fejfel-j the firfi good for the head, and rtot unpleafant 5 

 the fecond , an Antidote againft Infections 5 but lefs pleafant till 

 time hath incorpor.ited the Tartcs. 



52. And why may we not make mention of all thefe Mixtures, 

 as well as the Ancients of their Vinum Marrubii, Vinum Abrotonites^ 



Abfyntbites, 



