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94 FRUITS IN THEIK SEASON.
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Alili About Appies. If Ancient And Honor...
of the pleasanter kinds , as pippins and pearmaines , are helpful to dissolve melancholly humoursand to expel heaviness and promote
, mirth . " It is less remarkable that , as he further observes , " The distilled water of good sound apples is of speciall good use to expell
melaneholly , " since distillation is a process very apt to educe potency of this kind .
While the dumpling is the staple form of apple cookery in this land of solidson the other side of the Channel our lighter
neigh-, bors delight in a peculiar preparation called Raisine , consisting of apples boiled in grape juice or new wine , which is much used by all
classes , and is indeed in France what marmalade is in Scotland . The fruit is also dried whole , in the form so familiar to us under the
name of Normandy Pippins , while in America it is yet more used in the dried state ; there , however , being first pared and cut into
quarters . It is , however when it appears as a drink that the apple reaches its climax of celebrityand is more largely consumed perhaps than
, even as food , at least in England , for though cyder was made in Normandy before it was known in our own country , that is the only part
of the Continent where it is now a staple article of commerce . It is supposed to have been known to the Hebrews , the strong drink
from which the Nazarite was to abstain being expressed by a word which' according to St . Jeromesignified inebriating liquor of any
kindwhether , made of cornthe , Juice of applesor any other fruit ; and , , , in WicklifFe ' s translation of the Bible it is said of John the Baptist ,
that "he schal not drinke wyn ne sydyr . " It is mentioned by Virgil in the Georgicsand is thought to have been made in Africa
and introduced hy the , Carthaginians into Biscay , which was long celebrated for its production . It was thence received by the
Normans , who in turn taught the manufacture to the English , with whom in the course of time it has found such acceptance that throughout
a large tract of this country it is the ordinary beverage of the whole populationand the manufacturethough almost entirely in the hands
of farmers , , unaided by the refinements , of machinery , has reached such perfection that whereas the inferior sort of French cyder requires to
be drunk as soon as it is made , and the strongest keeps good but for Rve or six years , the best Herefordshire may be kept for twenty
or thirty years , and a single glass of it will almost suffice to intoxicate . This quality is mainly derived from the source from which it might
least have been expected , for an experiment having been made in order to ascertain which part of the fruit contributed most to the
goodness of cyder , one hogshead being manufactured entirely from the cores and parings of apples and another entirely from the pulp ,
" the first was found of extraordinary strengeth and flavor , while the latter was sweet and insipid . " This being the casesmall apples are
, of course preferable to large ones for pressing . In Ireland , where much cider is drunkthe popular taste approves of an unusual
degree of acidity , and , crabs are therefore largely intermixed with
the fruit of which it is made .
94 Fruits In Theik Season.
94 FRUITS IN THEIK SEASON .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1860, page 94, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101860/page/22/
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