The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side, Vol. 1 No. 08 (1820)Various
Science
The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side, Vol. 1 No. 08 (1820)
Various
Agriculture; Agriculture -- Periodicals
Mentioning to the same gentleman, what I had long before heard, that
a good molasses might be made of sweet apples, he confirmed the
fact by an instance within his own knowledge: and further expressed
his opinion (and I have not known a man whose practical judgment
was entitled to more respect) that it would not be difficult,
by forming orchards of sweet apples, to supply molasses for the
general consumption of the United States. I have never tasted any
sweet apple molasses; but I suppose it has not (nor has honey) the
rich sweet of molasses from the sugar-cane; yet, for family uses
in general, it would be a useful substitute for the latter. The
process in making it I suppose to be very simple.--The apples being
ground, and the juice (or cider) expressed, at the cider-mill, it is
immediately boiled, (that is, before any fermentation takes place)
and the scum being taken off as it rises, the boiling is continued
until the liquor acquires the consistence of molasses.
Sweet apples are of different degrees of sweetness. Those of the
richest kinds should be chosen for the purpose of making molasses.
But in grafting, the cions should be taken (as they ought to be for
all kinds of fruit) not from old, worn out trees, but from those
whose originals are in full health and vigour.--For it has been
satisfactorily ascertained in England, (and proofs of it are not
wanting in our own country) that fruit trees have their infancy,
(springing from seeds) youth, maturity, and old age; and that when
they have reached this last stage, it is in vain that attempts are
made to continue them. Or if the cions take, and grow for a few
years, they are unproductive, and soon decay. The reason is plain:
every cion is a part of the tree from which it is taken; and if this
be in a state of decrepitude, so will be the cion; and although
grafted on a youthful, thrifty stock, it will be of no avail.
NEW WHEAT.
A cargo of new wheat from North Carolina, of 1200 bushels, was sold
last month, in Philadelphia, at 94-1/2 cents cash.
(From the Plough Boy.)
FLEMISH HUSBANDRY.
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