Cider Apples.

Manawatu Herald, 29 July 1897, Page 2

Cider Apples.

Air 'J. Twpmey in the Argus writes :— A mistake made by many cider-makers who have gained their experience in England as the class of apples usually selected. Sour, rough apples are preferred to sweet varieties. In cider district-? of England it used to be the custom to plant apple trees in the hedge' row 8 of the fields and lanes, and h can be easily imagined that the trees thm planted were not likley to bear fruit of a tasty character that would tempt the juvenile population. Oq the contrary, the fruit thus grown was a small crab apple, too sour for eating. For centuries cider has beeja made from these apples in England. In America, where cider-niaking is assuming large proportions, this cider apple is unknown. The Americans make cider from eating apples, usually small fruit rfj:eted from the marketing varieties. Mr James Harper, a cider expert recently employed by the Gloucestershire County Council to instruct farmers in the latest and best methods of making cider, recommends eating and cooking apptas containing a large proportion of juice and saccharine matter as the beat for { oider nurnosei, I