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DRINKS.
Simmonds
(p.
25)
that
it
was
first
used
in
England
about
1284.
Cider
has
been
immortaHsed
by
Phillips
in
a
classical
poem,
in
imitation
of
Virgil's
Georgics,
which,
accord-
ing
to
Johnson,
"
need
not
shun
the
presence
of
the
original."
Milton's
nephew
thought
that
cider
"
far
surmounts
Gallic
or
Latin
grapes."
Perry.
Perry
is
prepared
from
pears,
as
cider
from
apples
It
is
capable
of
being
used
in
the
adulteration
of
cham-
pagne.^
The
harsher,
redder,
and
more
tawny
pe^s
produce
the
best
drink.
Perry
is
less
popular
than
cider,
but
some
consider
it
superior.^
1
The
extra
dry
old
lauded
or pale
cremant,
or
the
extra
reserve
Cuvde,
1884
vintage.
'
For
further
information
see
Crocker,
Marshall,
Knight,
and
especially
Stopes.
AN
OLD
CIDER
MILL.