John Taverner
1600 AD
East Anglia, England
Written in January 1600 Certain Experiments Concerning Fish & Fruit is a short but detailed tract ( only 10 pages on apples and cider) sets the scene for further books on cider of the 17th C to follow.
It clearly shows cider was a common commodity in England especially in the 3 Counties although Taverner himself was from East Anglia.
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