Cider Digest #0674

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Subject: Cider Digest #674, 13 July 1997 
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Cider Digest #674                                         13 July 1997 

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                      Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor 

Contents: 
  Scrumpy ("Faulkner Macdonald (FA)") 
  Re: Cider Digest #673, 6 July 1997 (Marc Montefusco) 

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Subject: Scrumpy 
From: "Faulkner Macdonald (FA)" <mcdonaldf@att.net.au> 
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 18:02:20 -0700 

Hi 
I am looking at making scrumpy and would like any help that people can 
offer, I have found a receipe at Cats Meow, but this involves raw meat. 
Would this be correct? 
Has anyone made some, how did it turn out? 
Thanks all 
Faulkner 

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Subject: Re: Cider Digest #673, 6 July 1997 
From: Marc Montefusco <mmontefusco@mmsw.com> 
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 09:52:42 -0400 

Subject: Re: cider apple trees 

Eddie asked about planting a cider orchard in the deep south.  Here are 
a few nurseries that specialize in Southern apples (this list courtesy 
of "Old Southern Apples" by ? Calhoun -- a terrific book.) 

Classical Fruits (Hoyt Adair, Alabama) 205-974-8813 
Calhoun's Nursery (Book author, North Carolina) 919-542-4480 
Lawson's Nursery (2730 Yellow Creek Road, Ball Ground, GA, 30107) 
Neighbors Nursery (Alabama, does not ship) 205-546-7441 

For other information on cider orchards, I refer Eddie to my old standby 
"Sweet and Hard Cider" by Proulx and Nichols. 

On another topic, I would like to put my two cents worth on the 
relevance of orchard and growing topics to a cider discussion group. 
Cider making is far closer in spirit (sorry for the pun) and technique 
to wine making than it is to brewing.  As anyone familiar with wine 
making knows, the type and quality of the fruit is the principal 
determinant of character and quality in the final product.  Rather than 
apple growing being a "sideline" to cider making, growing apples is at 
the heart of the process.  The only real question is whether it makes 
sense to grow cider apples yourself.  If you're lucky enough to have 
access to suitable apples from elsewhere, there is a strong argument in 
favor of letting someone else deal with fire blight, irrigation, birds, 
etc. 

Marc Montefusco 
New World Cider 

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