Lastly, why was it thought necessary to exclude cider apples and perry pears from the grants for replacement of apple and pear orchards?
The duty paid on foreign cider and perry not containing added spirit during the same period was approximately £1,674.
The duty on strengthened cider is limited to any cider or perry of a strength of 15 degrees proof spirit or more.
Surely that was the purpose which people had in mind in setting out to produce this brand of cider and perry.
However, the law does permit a lad, in certain circumstances, to take beer, perry and cider, although not spirits.
I am particularly involved in the position of perry and cider.
That has given some unnecessary fright to a number of people who make or drink ordinary cider or perry.
This year's production (apart from cider apples and perry pears) may provisionally be put at 650,000 tons of apples and 27,000 tons of pears.
