four pounds and a half of sugar
↝ Sugar, NFS
[Sugars and honey]
Instructions (3)
Let the fruit and water stand for two or three days.
Press off the liquor.
Add four pounds and a half of sugar to every gallon of liquor.
Original Text
Black Currant Wine.
Ten pounds of fruit to a gallon of water; let it stand two or three days. When pressed off, put to every gallon of liquor four pounds and a half of sugar.