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385. Wine, Madeira.

.4 gallons of good Madeira, high flavored.

6 do. plain wine.

Color to same shade with coloring or tincture of

saffron.

386. Wine, Malaga.

4 gallons of Malaga wine, best quality.

6 do. plain wine; and for sweetening add

21/2 pints of plain syrup.

Color with elderberry tincture and coloring.

387. Wine, Mixed.

gallon of fresh-pressed currant juice,

do. do. do. grape juice.

14^ do. do. do. raspberry juice.

do. do. do. Eng. cherry juice.

24 lbs. of sugar dissolved in the mi.xed juices; add i

quart of good brewers' yeast, and fill up a keg holding

8 gallons; keep the cask full with the remaining juice

during fermentation; when this is over add gallon

of good French brandy; let it stand together for a few

days longer; then filter and bottle.

388. Wine, Muscat.

10 gallons of plain wine.

20 lbs. of Muscat raisins, bruised.

%lb. alder flowers, hanging in a bag.

Macerate for 2 or 3 months; press, and filter or fine.

389. Wine, Orange.

11 gallons of water and 15 lbs. of sugar; boil, skim,

and strain, and, when cooled to ioo° Fahrenheit, add

50 oranges cut in thin slices and i quart of fresh brew-

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