The Preface. 
the difficulty of raifing the Trees, as fuppofing 
them not to agree well with the Soil 3 or inpre- 
ftrving them, when rat fed,from Cattle, and o- 
t her injuries*, and the fruit from Juch cafualties 
they are uftally fnbjeil unto: many alfo being 
not as yet convined of the falubrity and plea- 
fantnefs of the Dr in fit fclf 1 here fore is this 
fm air Trail adventuring into the world in a 
plain and homely drefs, to endeavour a Convi- 
Clion of the Country-man, not only of the feaft- 
blenefs of the Raifing, Propagating, and Plant¬ 
ing of Apple-trees, or other Fruit-trees in 
mojl places or Soils in this Ijland, and that to 
a confiderablc improvement and advantage of 
their Farms or Livings fmall and great 3 but 
alfo of the times andfeafons of gathering the 
Fruits, and the true and right method of 
Grinding , Prcffiing, or Extracting their Jui¬ 
ces, and ferment mg, preparing, and preferving 
the fame when extr ailed, after the mojl genu¬ 
ine and bejl experimented ways that have 
been yet fnown difeovered, or made ufe of. 
For this Liquor Cider hath been improved e- 
ven to pcrfeiJion, as many ingenious and wor¬ 
thy perfons can tejiific? and the Method thereof 
may in time become prailicable by the mojl vul- 
garCapacities, from whom is expelled the more 
Univerfal advancement of this defign 3 into 
whom it is not eajie to infife any thing that is 
' Novel, 
