Middletown transcript., 1872-09-07
Keeping Cider Sweet.

Bryan Tyson. Washington. d. O.: II
the Tribune Of June 18th, . North Csros
lima correspondent asked the bsst msshed
Of keeping cider sweet. will give Two
plans. one Of which will preserve The d.
der sweet or in the state it 10 in whom The
treatment is applied the other 10 applies-
bic only after the cider has fermsnted.
According to plan No. l, one-fourth of %
ounce per gallon Of sulpbitc Of lime should
be added soon after the cider runs from the
press. This can best be done BY addine
tho sulphitc o! lime to gallon or 90 q
cider IN separate vessel. end aftcr Stir
ring we'll pour into the barrel Ten ous-
ces Of th. lime will be the proper qusnti-
~ for an ordinary barrel. The cider viii
keep In the same condition ~ when the
lime is added. This plan will work equils
y we'll il the cider be partially or wholly
fermcnted when the lime 10 put in. Il
does not appear to be absolutely necessary
to rack Of the cider unless Il il to be trans
ported in thst case it should be rscksd
oil IN about ten days afser application Of
remedy. This plan. so fer Is known. wsd
originated by Prof Hosford. Of Harvard
University, and those who have tested it
speak Of il in the highest terms. To those
who prefer cider . little stronger will
givc No. 2, shich 10 Nicholas Nall's plan,
20 published 10 the Germantown Telsa
graph some two years ago:
All spples ft 10 BE- eaten will make
good cider. The grand secret 10 in clean
ing it from the Al,h end dress o soon %
possible. zach sort OF apples is to b.
crushed aad pressed by themselves. Two
kinds Of juice, both good. would, IL mixed
together. often make bad cider. Throw
out all imperfect. sorry and sunburpt sp..
pies. ~ we'll ~ dust and trash. Crush
your applcs before much mcllowed. -
they lose their strength. soundness. and
spirit il too sellov. Let them stand half
a day after being crushed. before putting
into the press; then press them rlowly;
discontinue as soon as the juice appears thin
and wa,cry. The advantage Of slow press.
ure is in masking the liquor run pure Let
YOUR casks, previously well cleaned. BE-
dlle1 quite full to perni, the froth and
pu'uics to discharge itself at the buuR.
When the ferlncntstion sbs,es. cover the
bun1 closely with soiue.Liug Tia, may BE-
lifted ~ tie tztI all tia, escapes during
the future f1mcui.lirn In week rack
on the cider carefully, ceasing tic moment
you observe 1t to run mndi ; nos STOP
tho cass more firmly 10 ten days rack
il of y second time, and IN fifteen DAYS q
ibird time. In every instance the eask 10
T. be clean snl perfectly filled and when
filed for tho last time TO be bungcd close
aud p!,eed in deep, dry cellar. never to
be- removed until drawn for use. Late
cider need no, be rackel until March. and
then one rsching. or o, the most. two,
wil he sufficient. BE very careful thss
no water. not even the little that will ad.
here after rinsiux the cssk, is mixed with
the cider The 'malcs, quantity Of rain
water will rcuder the cider unfit 10 keep.
The addition of any quantity Of distilled
spirits is not only useless hn, injurious.
Mr. Nall stated thu, he had tried ".
riou. plsus for clarifying cider and to pre-
vent its souring. by mean. Of milk. isiuR-
glass. scsldng and stimming, iiltcrinR
through sand. &c aud though he had
found all useful. he is confident tha. the
foregoing plan. which is the resul, Of long
experience. u 'Ar ptcrcrhbie 10 any other
he had ever tested A. the time sfore.
said Mr. Nall ~ss represented rs having
in his cellar some eigh, or ten hogshesds
and from City to sixty barrel. OF cider. the
ol,s, being best, nor did he think any
Il, to drink until i, x.s at l.ss, one yeat
old That which Was drank was three
years old, and it was excellent His old
est cider sas not tasted. ms he intended IL
=. . lrcs, for his executors. lie com.
plaiued that his stock Was too small to
drink it Of the age be wished, bu, that hs
intended to fill smother cellar. A siphou
with stick tied alongside .. the lower
end, 50 as to prevent i, going nearer than
three or four inches of the bottom Of the
bottom Of the eask il probably tho best
plan for racking.