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Benefit of much Air, in order to keep them 
fweet; for, for Want of this, they would he 
very apt to become mouldy, and much damage 
the Cyder. And although, for Want of fuch 
Air, you fhould turn them often to fupply it, 
yet this would not do near fo well, becaufe, af- 
ter lying a confiderable Time in a clofe Place, 
(efpecially if the Apples lie in a large Quanti- 
ty) they would ferment and grow mouldy, and 
this, perhaps, in lefs than half the Time they 
require to lie. Therefore, to avoid any fuch ill 
Confequence, as I faid before, give them as much 
Air as poffible, fo that the Rain is kept off over 
them ; for it matters not if fome little Rain 
blows in upon them. Thus a large Quantity 
of Apples, hoarded in this Manner, require no 
turning, which faves a great deal of Trouble; 
and, to do this in the greater Perfection, our 
famous Cyderift, as foon as he can, has the 
beaten or fliaked off Apples hoarded, to pre- 
vent any ill Quality they may ■receive from Rain 
by lying abroad. Let the Fruit be thorough 
dry when thus hoarded, for then they'll be the 
longer before they ferment, and be lefs fubjeCi 
to mould or rot. By this Method, Apples may 
be kept a Month, or fix or eight Weeks in a 
hoarded Heap, though fome will fweat, and 
be fit for grinding, at a Fortnight or three 
Weeks End: But this according to the Nature 
of the Apple. The harder and rougher the 
Fruit, the longer they fhould be kept in Hoard. 
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