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l^atre

WLinm

manner

of

champagne.

A

few

bottles

may

be

kept

in

a

warm

place

to

ripen,

or

a

small

piece

of

lump

sugar

may

be

put

into

each

bottle

before

corking,

if

the

cider

be

wanted

for

immediate

use,

or for

consumption

dur-

ing

the

cooler

portion

of

the

year,

but

for

warm

weather

and

for

long

keeping

this

is

inadmissible.

The

bottled

stock

should

be

stored

in

a

cool

cellar,

when

the

quality

will

be

greatly

improved

by

age.

TO

CAN

CIDER

Cider,

if

taken

when

first

made,

brought

to

the

boiling

heat,

and

canned,

precisely

as

fruit

is

canned,

will

keep

from

year

to

year

without

any

change

of

taste.

Canned

up

this

way

in

the

fall,

it

may

be

kept

a

half-

dozen

years

or

longer,

as

good

as

when

first

made.

It

is

better

that

the

cider

be

settled

and

poured

off

from

the

dregs,

and

when

brought

to

boiling

heat

the

scum

that

gath-

ers

on

the

surface

taken

off;

but

the

only

precaution

necessary

to

preservation

of

the

cider

is

the

sealing

of

it

air

tight

when

boiling

hot.

The

juice

of

other

fruit

can,

no

doubt,

be

preserved

in

the

same

way.

To

all

tastes

not

already

corrupted

by

strong

drinks,

these

unfermented

juices

are

very

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