Cider Digest #1187

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Subject: Cider Digest #1187, 20 December 2004 
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Cider Digest #1187                                         20 December 2004 

                 Forum for Discussion of Cider Issues 
                      Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor 

Contents: 
  Scion Wood Request ("chris horn") 
  Illinois cider contest  Jan. 20-22, 2005, Springfield, IL (Matt Wehland) 
  hard cider availability in Ohio ("Pete Thompson") 
  Cider Apples in New Engand (Larry Gianakis) 

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Subject: Scion Wood Request 
From: "chris horn" <agent_strangelove@hotmail.com> 
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:51:17 -0800 

I am looking for scion wood for 'graham spy'.  While this is not a true  
cider apple, I am hopeing that someone out there has a source for it.  I am  
only looking for a twig or two. Enought to graft 2-3 trees.  I get a 'Not in  
the NPGS Collection' when I try to search for it.... 

Also is there a listing of all the apple cultivars at Geneva?  Corvallis  
(pears) has a very nice web page and it seems to be about 1000% easier to  
find stuff.....  They are listed both alphabetically and broken out by  
perry, asian, european etc.... 

Thanks 
Chris Horn 
Scappoose Oregon 

'Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When  
they separate, man is no more' 
                           Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) 

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Subject: Illinois cider contest  Jan. 20-22, 2005, Springfield, IL 
From: Matt Wehland <mattw@webtripper.com> 
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:18:07 -0600 

I was just looking for information on orchards and ran across this cider  
contest.  Thought it might be of interest. 

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The Illinois Cider and Hard Cider Contest will again be held at the Illinois  
Specialty Crops Conference in Springfield,January 20-22, 2005, and will be  
hosted by the Illinois State Horticulture Society. One gallon of sweet cider  
and/or 1 quart of hard cider will be required for the judging contests.  
Registration for all cider contests will be on January 21st, from 8:00-9:45  
am, with a registration fee of $10.00 per entry. Judging will commence at  
10:00am. As information concerning the Specialty Growers Crops Conference  
becomes available, it will be posted on the Illinois Specialty Growers  
Associationwebsite: http://www.specialtygrowers.org/. Follow the conference  
links to view the cider contest press release andregistration form. 

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Matt Wehland 
Littlegrassy Gifts and Gardens-  Soy candles 
littlegrassy.com 

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Subject: hard cider availability in Ohio 
From: "Pete Thompson" <pete5651@hotmail.com> 
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:54:06 +0000 

Does anyone know of any commercial producers of hard cider in the state of  
Ohio?  I would like to try some cider other than Strongbow, Woodpecker,  
Woodchuck or Cider Jack. 

Pete T. 

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Subject: Cider Apples in New Engand 
From: Larry Gianakis <lgianakis@yahoo.com> 
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 07:54:05 -0800 (PST) 

I have been unable to find true cider apples in Massachusetts that an 
orchard is willing to part with and I currently don't have land enough to 
plant cider trees. 

The local community run orchard in Leominster MA, Sholan Farms is willing 
to designate some space to grow some cider apples.  I am in need of 
information on varieties that will grow well in the region, and are 
available for purchase this year.  I am not sure how much space they 
will allot, so for starters I will probably not have more than 24 trees. 
Therefore I would like some apples that are either  single variety ciders 
or compliment each other well. 

My first batches of cider were pressed this fall I used blends of dessert 
apples and a single variety Mutsu (Crispin) as well as a single variety 
bosch pear.  It will be nice to have true cider apples to use as my 
experience grows in the next few years. 

Thank you and Happy Holidays 

Larry Gianakis 

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