^g Afhorifvis concerning Cider. 



Snmnier-fiUet an early Cider, but both very ftrong ^ and the j^fpks 

 mixt together make a good Cider, 



Thefe Apples yield a ///^fwor more grateful to my Talate (and (b 

 efteemed of in Hereforcijbire by the greater Ciderijis) then any 

 made of Pfpi»i- and Pearm^s, of which forts we have very good 

 in that Cowtri\ and thof^alfo both Summer and Winter oi both 

 forts, and «S4vhich I have drank the Cider -^ but prefer the 



other. ; ^, 



Grounds feparated only with a Hedge and DifrA, by reafon of 

 the difference of Soils have given a great alteration to the Cider ^ 

 notwithftanding the Trees have been graffed with equal care, 

 the fame Graffs^ and laftly, the fame care taken in the making of 

 the Cider. This as to the Red-Jirake j I have not obferved the 

 fame nicenejS in any other fiuit 5 for Gennet-moyles and Fillets 

 thrive very well over all Herefordjiiire. The Red-Jirake delights 

 mod: in a fat foil : Hamlacy is a rich intermixt foil of Red-fat-clay 

 and Sand j and Kings-capeU low hot fandy ground, both well de- 

 fended from noxious Winds, and both very famous for the Red- 

 firake-cider. 



There is a Fear in Hereford and Worcefierpires, which is called 

 Bar eland-pear, which makes a very good Cider. I call it Cider 

 (and not Perry) becaufe it hath all theproperties of Cider. I have 

 drank of it from half a year old to two years old. It keeps it 

 felf without \Ktfpi»g (to which Verry i? generally inclined) and from 

 its tafte : M. Beal , in his little Ireattfe called the Herefordpire- 

 Orchard, calls it defervingly a Mafculine Drink > becaufe in tafte 

 not like the fweet lufcious feminine juice of Pears. This Tree 

 thrives very well in barren ground, and is a fruit (with the Red- 

 jirake) of which Srvine will not eat 5 therefore fitteft to be planted 

 in Hedge-rows. 



Redjirakes and other Cider-apples when ripe (which you may 

 know partly by theblacknefs oi the Kernels, and partly by the co- 

 lour and fmell of the fruit) ought to be gathered in Baskets or 

 Bags, prelerved from bruifing, and laid up in heaps in the Orchard 

 tofrveat ; covered every night Jfrom the derp : Or elfe, in a Barn- 

 floor (or the like) with fome Wheat or Rye-ftraw under them, be- 

 ing kept fo long till you find, by their mellowing, they are fit for 

 the Mill. 



They that grind, or bruife their Apples prefently upon their^4- 

 thering, receive fo much liquor from them, that between twenty 

 ox twenty two JB«/7je/j- will make a Hog JJje ad oi Cider: but this Cider 

 will neither keep fo well, nor drink, with fuch aflagrancy as is de- 

 fired and endeavoured. 



They that keep them a moneth ox fix weeks hoarded , allow 

 about thirty bufhels to the making of a Hog^iead ^ but this hath 

 alfo an inconvenience , in that the Cider becomes not fine, or fit 

 for drinking, fo conveniently as a mean betwixt thele two will 

 affbrd. 



Keep them then about a fort-night in a hoard, and order 

 them to be of fuch a cajt by this Mellowing , that about twen- 

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