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A New Market for English Cider. [Jan., 



(b) To supply information relating to- the methods of cider- 

 making in vogue in England. 



(V) To ascertain the possibility of developing the industry in 

 Holland. 



With these ends in view, Mr. Eldred G. F, Walker and Mr. 

 John Ettle were asked to get together a collection of English- 

 made ciders, as representative as possible of the produce of this 

 country, and to take charge of it at the Exhibition. The 

 National Fruit and Cider Institute was also invited to lend its 

 assistance, and to send an exhibit of ciders to illustrate its 

 experimental work. Mr. John Ettle, F.R.H.S., the horticultural 

 instructor of the Somerset County Council, and myself were 

 asked to represent the Institute at the Exhibition, and to give 

 information on the subjects of orchard management and cider- 

 making respectively. 



The Exhibition was held in Amsterdam at the beginning of 

 last November in the large Hall at the Zoological Gardens, 

 which had been kindly placed at the disposal of the committee 

 by the authorities. The Dutch Department of Agriculture was 

 represented at the opening ceremony by Mr. Lovink, the 

 • Director-General of Agriculture, in addition to Mr. Lohnis, the 

 president of the committee. An excellent and thoroughly 

 representative collection of English ciders had been brought 

 together, thanks mainly to the energy of Mr. Walker and Mr. 

 Ettle. All classes of cider-makers were represented, from the 

 large makers and merchants to the smaller growers and makers 

 and typical farmer cider-makers. Collective exhibits were sent 

 by the Mid-Somerset Agricultural Society, the Berkeley Hunt 

 Agricultural Society, and the Monmouthshire Cider School. 

 The directors of the Brewers' Exhibition kindly placed at 

 the disposal of the committee samples of each of the ciders 

 exhibited in their cider competitions in October last, while the 

 National Fruit and Cider Institute sent samples of seventy- 

 two ciders, illustrating particularly the characters of English 

 vintage fruit and their value for purposes of blending. In 

 addition to the ciders a very fine collection of vintage fruit was 

 shown, this having been previously exhibited at the Brewers' 

 Exhibition and the Mid-Somerset Society's Apple Show, and 

 afterwards sent on to Amsterdam by permission of the 



