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Of mah^ng Cider. 
CHAP. V. 
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Of malting Cider and other Liquors 
of Apples and other Fruits. 
SECT. I. 
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Of gathering and preparing Apples, &C. 
; A frer you have thus brought your 
i \ Plantation to perfc&ion, that you can 
gather Fruit enough of your ownt"o make 
Cider or other Liquors, according to the 
Of,he n ‘ ltUre ° f tHe FfUit 5 the firft thi °g t0 be 
ufcnefsof ponfideted of, is its Maturity; there being 
hT “" much Cider fpoiled in moft parts of England, 
through that one general errour jpf gather¬ 
ing of Fruit before its due Maturity. For 
there is fcarce any Fruit in the world, but 
yields very different Liquors, according to 
the different degrees of Maturity of the 
'fame Fruit. As the Juice of the Coco-nut 
whilft green, is a pleafant thin Drink, but 
when through ripe, becomes a-rich Oyl or 
Milk: So the Juice of our European Fruits 
which. 
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