The Epicure's Almanac or Diary of Good Living
September 8th : CHERRY BRANDY
Put into a wide-necked bottle as many Morella cherries as it will hold; add a few peach or nectarine kernels, or bitter almonds; fill the bottle with the best French brandy, and cork down. In a month after, add a quarter of a pound of loaf sugar to every pint of brandy.