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An adjoining cottage has also been rented. It is utilised as a 

 storehouse for fruit and bottled cider. 



It will thus be seen that the Institute is adapted for experi- 

 mental work on cider and perry not only of a strictly scientific 

 character and on a small scale, but also of a thoroughly practical 

 nature on a scale sufficiently large for it to serve as a test of 

 its utility for general application in the cider industry. 



Last season about 30 tons of apples and pears were utilised 

 for cider and perry-making. The fruit was obtained partly from 



The Institute. 



an old orchard attached to the Institute, and the remainder was 

 purchased from the fruit-growing districts of the counties which 

 contribute grants to the Institute. In obtaining the latter portion 

 it was desired to procure fruit as typical as possible of the vintage 

 fruit grown in the counties concerned, in order that some.know- 

 ledge might be gained of the characters of the fruit of the cider 

 districts of the West of England as a whole. Up to the present 

 time such knowledge has been extremely limited, few cider- 

 makers being acquainted with the cider fruit grown outside their 

 own district. A very large number of varieties of apples are used 



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