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OBSERVATIONS 



Concerning the 



Making and Pref( 



'§ 



erving 



OF 



CIDER: 



B Y 



JOH^^BJVBV^gH Efq; 



IF the Apfles are made up immediately from the 

 Tree, they are obferved to yield more, but not 

 fo good Cider ^zs if hoarded the fpace of a month 

 or fix weeks ^ and if they contract any unplea- 

 fing tafte ("as fometim^S 'tis confefs'd they do) it 

 may be imputed to the Room they lye in^which, 

 if it hath any thing in it either of too fweet or 

 unfavoury fmell, the v^;>/>/ei- ("as things moft fufceptible of impref- 

 fion^will beeafily tainted thereby. 



Firfl^ therefore, Tis obferved by prudent Fruiterers to lay their 

 Apples upon clean mere made Reeds ^ till they grind them for Cider, 

 or otherwife make ufe of them : And if, notwithftanding this cau- 

 tion, they contraft any rottennefs before they come to the Cider-^ 

 prefs, the dammage will not be great, if care be had ere the Apples 

 begrownd to pick out the finowed and the black-rotten^ the reft, 

 though fomewhat of putrefadticn hath put them into a periihing 

 condition, will not render the Cider ill conditioned, either in re- 

 ipeft of tafte or duration. 



Secondly, If the Apples be abortive, having been (as it ufually 

 happens) Ibaken down before the time by a violent wind, it is ob- 

 ferved to be fo indifpenfably neceflary that they lye together in 

 hoard, at leaft till the ufual time of their maturity, that the Ci- 

 der otherwife is feldome or never found worth the drinking. 



Thtrdljfy It matters not much whether the Cider be forc'd to 

 purge it felf by working downward in the Barrel, or upwards at 

 the ufual vent, fo there be matter fufficient left, on the top for a 



thick 



