Cider Digest #0979

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Cider Digest #979                                         2 July 2002 

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Contents: 
  Web sites for cider (David Pickering) 
  Mainstream US apples for cider-making? (Scott Smith) 

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Subject: Web sites for cider 
From: David Pickering <davidp@netwit.net.au> 
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 22:09:30 +1000 

The NSW Agriculture web page on cider growing came into being on Friday. 
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/11434 

Happy reading 
David Pickering 'Linden Lea' Orange NSW 2800 Australia 

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Subject: Mainstream US apples for cider-making? 
From: Scott Smith <scott@cs.jhu.edu> 
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 16:59:38 -0400 

Since my cider orchard is now a bunch of non-producing runts, I am going  
to pick some apples locally at the U-pick places this fall to make  
cider, and am marking my calendar now for the ripening dates so I don't  
miss 'em.   Unfortunately, they don't have Roxbury Russet, Golden  
Russet, etc.  They do have the following which I have heard associated  
with hard cider making: Jonagold, Stayman, Mutsu/Crispin, Ida Red,  
Empire, Rome, Cortland, Jonathan, Summer Rambo.  Are any of these  
particularly good, or bad?  The first three seem to have the best  
reputation from what I've heard.  They also have a bunch of the "new"  
apples which I've not seen classified as good (or bad) for cider:  
Suncrisp, Pink Lady, Cameo, Honeycrisp, Holiday, Fortune.  Are any of  
these good cider apples? 

Scott 

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