Recent content by Womblesd

I started an orchard 5 years ago with vintage cider varieties, 20 so far, and will start about 20 more varieties this spring. After the trees produce more than I can use, I plan to sell apples and blended juice to local cyder makers, maybe this fall, but probably fall of 2013.

Above, I read about sourcing cider juice. I started an orchard 4 years ago, consisting of colonial cider varieties, and a few old English cider varieties. I currently have 20 different varieties, and plan on planting 15 more varieties this spring. Once my trees are producing in abundance...

Buy plenty of jugs of your favorite fresh cider in the fall, and freeze them for later use.

there are more wild yeasts inside the apple, than on the skin, both good and bad! proper use of sulpher, based on acidity of the juice, will kill the bad yeasts, and after a period of time, the good yeasts will multiply and take over the fermentation. There are also wild yeasts on your press...

Here is a great site by a noted cider man in uk, Andrew Lea, has a lot of info on making artisnal cider: http://www.cider.org.uk/frameset.htm

keeving is on my to do list for next year, assuming my cider variety trees produce.

for my area, i prefer mm111, a large semi-dwarf that is drought tolerant & grows well in heavy clay soils. its my understanding b118 is better up north in extreme cold. dan wombles Western Illinois

No, I did not google. I have been lurking on this forum for a while. Here are two sites I am aware of for trading scion wood. http://www.nutgrowing.org/scion.htm http://www.qdma.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38272&highlight=scionwood+exchange Dan Wombles Western Illinois

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