A treatise on the culture of the apple and pear, and on the manufacture of cider and perry. [With a postscript concerning tithes] / [T.A. Knight].

  • Knight, T. A. (Thomas Andrew), 1759-1838.
Date:
1797
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the culture of the apple and pear, and on the manufacture of cider and perry. [With a postscript concerning tithes] / [T.A. Knight]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with a large ftone, fimilar to thofe ufed for grinding corn, fupported on it’s edge, and drawn round a circular trough in which the apples are placed, appears beft calculated. Iron mills have been tried, but this metal is foluble in the acid of apples, to which it communicates a brown colour, and an unpleafant tafte. No combination has, I believe, been af- certained to take place between this acid and lead, but as the calx of this metal readily diflblves in, and communicates an extremely poifon- ous quality to the acetous juice of the apple, it fhould never be fuffered to come into conta<S, with the fruit, liouor.