1860 A Treatise on the Manufacture , Imitation, Adulteration and Reduction of Foreign Wines, Brandies, .

GENERAL FORMULA

FOR

Currant, Cherry, Elder, Strawberry, Raspberry, Mulberry, Blackberry, Grape, Whortleberry,

OR OTHER FRUIT.

The berries must be ripe. Measure them, and to every quart of fruit allow a quart of clear soft water. Boil the water. Put the fruit into a clean tub, and mash it with a wooden masher. When the water has boiled, pour it on the fruit, and let it stand till next morning in a cool place, agitating the n1ass occasionally. Then press out all of the juice; measure it, and to every quart of liquid allow half a pound of sugar. Put the sugar into a cask, and strain the liquid upon it through a linen bag. Agitate the liquor until the sugar is dissolved. Let the cask remain open until the liquor has done working. Then add half 05)