I found 50 ornamental crabapple trees. They are the size of a wild cheery (pea). Bright red. Bitter. Really sweet. Crazy towel mouth.
Are these any good in a blend for cider?
Just picked about 14 gallons of them. I pressed around 4 gallons of juice and it tested to 1.070. I pitched S-04 on it and now am waiting. I'm hoping to blend it with the 24 other gallons I've pressed. Depending on the tannins in the other juice and this juice I might not have enough for blending on all batches.
I was a little humoured by all of the people who thought they were poisonous. I was also humoured by the number of people who stopped to ask what we were doing when I was picking on the boulevard.
How do they taste? I've never found an ornamental crabapple that was even close to edible, and haven't even tried to press them. But 1.070 means quite a lot of sugar!
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