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FRUIT

WINES.

267

Then

pour

the

wine

into

a

cask

containing

exactly

45

or

46

quarts,

and

keep

the

remaining

fluid

for

the

purpose

of

rilling

up

afterward

during

fermentation;

when

you

can

no

longer

hear

the

hissing

noise

of

fermentation,

bung,

but

make

a

hole beside

the

bung

with

a

gimlet,

closed

by

a

small

cork,

which

is

to

be

taken

out

every

other

day

to

avoid

bursting.

After

ten

or

twelve

days

cork

solidly;

place

the

cask

in

a

cool

cellar,

and

let

it

lie

till

the

end

of

December;

decant

the

wine

into

a

new

cask,

and

clear

with

pale

white

glue

in

the

proportion

of

one

ounce

to

one

quart

of

wine.

In

spring

bottle

at

the

time

when

the

gooseberries

of

the

same

kind

begin

to

bloom;

fasten

your

corks

with

wire.

507.

one

iling

d

la

Hu00e.

Refine

four

pounds

of

honey,

and

mix

it

with

two

pounds

of

pulverized

sugar,

the

rind

of

four

lemons

rubbed

on

sugar,

and

the

juice

of

six

lemons;

after

cooling

mix

it

well

with

eight

quarts

of

cold

well-water;

pour

the

fluid

into

a

cask,

bung

it,

and

put

it

in

the

cellar.

After

a

fortnight

decant,

bottle,

cork,

and

seal,

and

let

the

bottles

lie

a

few

weeks

before

using.

508.

Canon

tUine.

Boil

six

quarts

of

water

with

four

pounds

of

lump-sugar

to

the

consistency

of

syrup;

peel

five

lemons,

and

put the

rind

in

a

large,

clean

pot;

pour

the

boiling

syrup

over

the

rind;

when

the

syrup

is

cool

add

the

juice

of

ten

lemons,

a

piece

of

toast

covered

with

a

spoonful

of

yeast,

and

let

it

stand

two

days,

when

fermentation

begins.

Then

remove

the

rind;

pour

the

fluid

into

a

cask

which

must

be

completely

filled;

let

the

wine

ferment,

and

cork

when

the fermentation

is

complete.

After

three

months

bottle

and

use.

509.

range

itttne.

Boil

twenty-eight

pounds

of

loaf-sugar

in

thirty-two

quarts

of

water,

with

the

whites

and

the

cracked

shells

of

four

eggs,

the

whites

being

beaten

to

foam;

skim

well;

let

the

concoction

get