Druckschrift 
General view of the agriculture of the county of Somerset : with observations on the means of its improvement. Drawn up in the year 1795, for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement. By John Billingsley, Esq; ... and now re-printed with considerable additions and amendments, .. / John Billingsley
Entstehung
Seite
283
Rechtsdrehung 90°Linksdrehung 90°
  
  
  
  
  
 
Einzelbild herunterladen

OF SOMERSETSHIRE-, 283

it is common to mix a certain quantity of bitter apples, which add much to its quality for keeping; but unleſs great attention be obſerved in making, the labour is in vain; for cider reguires much greater nicety of management than malt liquors. The apples are ſuffered to fall off the trees, or when thoroughly ripe, are picked with great care,* They are then put in heaps to ferment, and remain in that ſtate for three or four weeks; after they are ground, and the li- quor is exprefled, it is ſuffered to remain in tubs, from thirty to forty hours, when a ſcum, or froth, will riſe on the tops this they narrowly watch, and when it breaks, they rack for the rſt time into veſſels; after which, unremitting attention

ceeding in your operation, tun into a hogſhead veſſel three pail-fulls or about fifteen gallons of this cider. This done, burn in the veſſel 2 ſtrong match made with nearly a quarter of a pound of fone brim- ſtone, ſtopping the bung as cloſe as poſſible, that none of the fume may eſcape. When the match is quite burnt out, open the bung, and immediately pour in four ounces of ſweer ſpirit of nitre. Put in the bung tight again, and roll the veſſel ſtrongly for near half an hour, by which time the ſmoke of the match will be deſtroyed and taken up by the liquor.‘Then ſet the veſſel in its place, fill it to within a finger?s breadth of the top, but no higher, and let it ſtand till the month of February. Tn this month it will be coming fne, and muſt be watched attentively, and perfeâly fine, it muſt be immediately drawn off and tunned into the ſame veſſel, after waſhing out the lee, burning alſo at this racking a

ſmaller brimſtone match. Tt is direed to be drawn off ¿immediately

examined frequently by a peg in the barrel. When

when guite Îne, ecauſe a very few Üours produce an amazing altera-

tion. It becomes turbid and foul, the ſecond fermentation 1s com- menced, the, ſweets By off, and all the preceding trouble is rendered of no efe. R. P.

* I would here particularly caution all farmers poſſeſſing orchards, not to fall in with the uſual cuſtom of beating down the apples with fieks.

Early in the autumn the buds for the ſucceeding year are formed, and being tender, are ſoon deſtroyed.‘To this violent attack on the branches may, in a great degree, be attributed the ſuppoſed incapacity of trees to bear fruit two ſucceſſive years,|

18

 
Seiten anSeiten aus
Text aus