The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-10-08
G0iscetiattv.
YRoM ras BosTos rALLApiva.
Or CIDER.
I" To the utmost bounds of this


UNDER this head we have On opportua.y
Of communicating to the public . method OF
raising this liquor 10 an excellence which
rendets IL equal in value TO many wines. Tbs
was origiohAiy from an English Clergyman
gentleman Of knowledge sod candsur ana
wo nave Authority 10 assure the public tnal
il contains nothing bat the result OF expert
enco.
In thu improve mcnt of cider the 6rst rule
10 be observed is, that the apples be permit
ted 70 drop from tho tree, that they may have
the full benefit OF the stock on which they
grow, aud oft sun, for, by Hriking down
tne fruit before it is ripe, the buds arc broken
off with il, the tree is injured, and the cider
that is made is harsh for the want Of time TO
me liorate the juice.
Let the spplss Especially 10 windy wealth
er) be gathereI up once or twice week, and
thrown together in some secure place with
out doors: let yooi apple heap bc made on
slanling open gsouod iswsrds the south, that
the filling rains may IN from IT, aod that
you, ttui, may se cxpo.ed 10 the sun. 10
efecs s!tgh' covering over the apple heap,
suppor,ed by four 'sl sticks, VIII be very
psoper, the tore and hlghe, patt looming the
south.
BY he shed so contiryed and situated, your
fruit may at ooce have TIA; rcffsshnient of the
AR, bc d:iopded from eaIn, and be visited by
The sun. But is( 40 bottom OF the apple
heap De covered win bo. DIS or plsnks, and
edo ed ound, 20 Sesp she fruit cisan and close
together. LIE, your apples Tic IN the heap
ionge, o. shooter time, according to the ma
lure OF them, fur according to the quality OF
the irnii, and thc temperament oi the air, the
apnies run sooner or later 10 dcesy.
Whenyou' sppics are ground or pounded
let tao ,nGs6 lie day before IL is squeezed.
II Will Improve the colour OF your cider. 1t
you m,ke d tun of cider at one time, and
| nave vsssci largo enough TO contain It all,
j, u good way TO keep II together, that 1t
may all become hne at the Same lime, and be
fit for facking. When your cider is hne'
| then, by a spiggot placed within half loot
| Of the bottom OF the vessel, always allowing
room for tho dtegs 10 settle IN, II must be
racked off into barrels or hogshcads. But
| although cider be ra, ked never SO fine at hest,
| il will i;rmcnt again aud become touI, espec'
tally in rainy and tcmpcstous weather, your
cider may require several rackings before
you give over your csre about it ior all wet
| seasons are injurious to new cidct, by causing
\ q constant for entatiUn for . month or SAX
| weeks, and longer, II the tough winds and
| foul weather so long eon,inoe. You must,
| therefors, be very obscrvanl OF them, and
| waichfui against them, oy freqnent tackine,
| whether your cider DC fine or not; III o'drr
! 10 prevent its oSer fermentation. Let this be
| a standing .c for your II .. rackiug, name
| ly, 10 set about II when tho thick, red head,
| or crust, which covered the cider, Begins 10
| sepcra,o, and white bubbles appear. For ai
| thoosh your cider be foo. at thai junc,ure, 1t
| is vet proper 10 rack il, otherwise your cider
! IN ~ become iuevrable, for i, will thSn les.
| pecially in wet wstae7) ins cad OF genie
! forme ntation, BE- upon The irei an N tho
| English prase sing; th- notaa. wnetereof
| may be heard at a cunsiue ia0'e distance, ull
| IL becomes pale, thin anu iaagu'd; and hath
sung itself 10 death.
To pceyent waste i'm raek'ny. and, AZ the
I same time, 90 dispose eide, tor becoming
! iioe the sooner, recourse mas be had TO
s,rainins. Get f,anei enough ioi I've or six
| bags, each containing SIX quarts, let those
| BAGS be made OF conicsi iisuiei like sugar
| loaf, 10, the small ends of ,bese bags hang
I downwards, that tnc cider, by its weight,
may sooner be Impressed through them.
Let rhe upper and open parts be edged or
| bound round with inkle or strong binding
Of tho liquor.---V Then your bags are propAr-
| cd, sc, strong hoop, and having fastened
two sticks acros IL, tic up your. bags to them.
The centere where the two sucks meet,
| having a rope fxcG 10 il, aud the bags being
made to hang perpendicular over a large ves-
sell pour that cider int than, which remains
| at the bottom Of each hogshead utter rsckiug,
aud which /, too foul 70 be mixed with the
reI. By this method abundance OF cider,
and fit for common use, may be preserved,
which must otherwise have been thrown away
win the lees, asd wnhon, mixing any inie.
rior with the FIRST quaii,y- An empty barrel
mu.t be kept for tue reception Of the strain.
I'd cider, into which Il must be poured frou,
N as to time, as 5000 Is il is strained. The
ask must DO closely burged, as often a. The
cider is po, into il, lest the iqaor become
Aat by being too much exposed iu an open
/ vessel. This cider must also be racksd,
whan there 10 good Qo,u,',y of it ,oye'hsr,
aud 1t 10 become tolssah.y 6oo.
To sdapt your eide to all palates, you