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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    thefe component parts, the firft only is known to be capable of producing ardent Ipirit, and it might thence be inferred that the ftrongeft ciders would be afforded by the fweetefl fruits: but the juice of thefe generally remains defedtive in what is termed “Body” in liquors, and it is extremely apt to pafs from the faccharine to the acetous flate. Much of the ftrength of cider is fuppofed by the Herefordfhire far- mers to be derived from the rind H 3 and fruits re tides in the fame fubftance which is found in the hulhs of nuts, and in green tea and other vegetables, and to which Chymills have given this name.