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Proccfs for mahhtg Cider, 12 1 



Alices has been fuggefled, and flioiild it afford fatisfadion to 

 that learned and relpectable Affociatlon, and in any meafurc 

 aid the fpirit of induflry and enterprifc in our country, I {hall 



realize an ample reward. t 



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' I have the honor to fubfcribe myfelf, Gentlemen, with fea- 

 timents of profound refpecfl, yourmofl obedient 



humble fervant, 



JAMES THACHER 



Plymouth^ Augujl 1 6/^?, 1802 



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Frocefs for making Cider ^ communicated in a letter from HIGH 



ARD PL ATT, Efq. to Hon. JOHN ADAMS, L.L,R 



Freftdent of the Academy. 



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All late kinds of apples are befl, for inftanc 

 Huehes's Crab of Virginia, Redftreak, and other found, hard 



fruit. 



That the operation maybeconduaed to the beft advantage. 



the following rules mufl be itnaiy adhered to. 



I. Selea all immature and rotten apples, and put the 

 choicefl under cover from rain, as gathered fVom time to 

 time, but expofed to fun and air, as much as poffible to 

 mature, until the feafon is fo far advanced that the weather 



becomes cool and dry ; nights a little frofty, but not 



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freezmg 

 hard. 



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