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drink:'S.
John
Evelyn's
French
Gardener
g{ves
much
informa-
tion
on
this
subject,
and
his
Pomona
is,
says
Stopes,
the
first
monograph
on
the
manufacture
of
cider
in
England.
Cider
is
made
in
many
parts
of
Barbafy,
and
in
Canada.
In
all
the
States,
apples
are
abundant,
particularly
in
New
York
and
New
England,
and
cider
is
a
common
drink
of the
inhabitants.
And
it
is
as
excellent
as
it
is
common.
That
of
New
Jersey
is
generally
considered
the
best
It
is
curious
that
the
least
juicy
apples
afford
the
best
liquor.
Cider
of
a
superior
quality
is
abundant
in
Cork,
Waterford,
and
other
counties
of
Ireland,
where
it
was
introduced,
we
are
told,
in
the
reign
of
Elizabeth.
It
was
first
made
at
Affane,
in
the
county
of
Waterford.^
Worledge's
Vtnetum
Britannicum,
1676,
and
his
Most
Easy
Method
for
Making
the
Best
Cider,
1687,
have
been
considered
at
full
length
by
Mr.
Stopes.
Worledge's
press
is
an
improvement
upon
one
shown
in
Evelyn's
Pomona,
Cider appears
in
Russia
under
the
name
of
Kvas.
There
is
Yablochni
kvas,
made
of
apples;
Grushevoi
kvas,
of
pears,
a
perry;
and
Malinovoi
kvas,
of
rasp-
berries.
George
Turberville,
secretary
to
the
Eng-
lish
Embassy
to
Moscow
in
the
year
1568,
mentions
kvas
in
a
description
of
the
Russians
of
his
time
as
:
"
Folk
fit
to
be
of
Bacchus'
train,
so
quaffing
is
their
kind
;
Drink
is
their
whole
desire,
the
pot
is
all
their
pride.
Walker
:
Hist.
Essay
on
Gardenmg,
p.
166.
Anf/iologia
Hibeniica^
i.
194*