The Preface. 
deriff grow wore expert in planting the bef 
Fnti island preparing the Liquors after the Left 
wet hods For vain andfrivolius is the Obje¬ 
ction that is ufu illy made, That by much plant¬ 
ing of thefe Frails, the prices of them will be fo 
low , that they will not quit the cojl. The Janie 
objections wight have been wade in Hereford- 
(hire, and places adjacent,where thefeTreesin 
late years are wonderfully wcrcafedj yet in the 
fame places,the Fruit as well as the Cider yields 
a greater price now than ever it did formerly , 
or than it doth inany place of England ( di- 
jlantfrom London) befldcs: For within thefe 
three years Redftreak-Apples have , in fome 
part of that County , been Jold after the rate of 
jive and fo/nctimes eight Jhillings the Bujhel, 
and the Cider wade of that Fruit been fold for 
eight pounds the Hogjheadyind if two or three 
years old,then for t weniy pounds the Hogjhead, 
the price of the Left Canary. The fame way be 
cxpe&cd in other places jf Husbandmen would 
take care to plant the bejl Fruits , Sic. it being 
prefumed that Cider in a little time would 
wear out the Reputation of French Wines , and 
by degrees leffen the expence of Malt j it being 
much to be prejerr'd to the former, and found 
by experience to be wore wholfome than the 
Dr inf wade of the latter-, and ntay in tiwe be 
wade at an ea fter rale than Alt or Beer,andyet 
be 
