enigma wrote:
brooklyn1 <gravesend10 at (no spam) verizon.net> wrote in
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any crappy fruit can be used to make
booze....

WRONG! crappy fruit makes crappy booze. but you love your Boone's
Farm & wouldn't know good cider if it bit you in the ass
lee

My understanding is that for making hard cider, the best apples are not the same
as the apples people like to eat. Crabapples, for instance are a positive
addition to a batch.

FarmI wrote:
"sherwin dubren" <sherwindu at (no spam) comcast.net> wrote in message

Johnny Appleseed gathered much of his seeds from
Cider Press locations. Yes, he planted many of
these seeds.

However, the pioneers and farmers who used these
apple trees did not grow them for eating out of
hand. Almost all of them were turned into cider,
which disguises a lot of problems, or they were
used to feed the animals.

If you know that, then you might also know that cider varieties are not
the same as eating apples.

There are no hard fast rules about certain apples being better for
cider. Some are specifically designated as cider apples and for the
most part, they are not better for much else.


The impact of this on seedling apples down through the years because of
cider apple varieties will be..........???? (NB: this is a rhetorical
question)

Each time this subject comes up, you insist that seedling apples will not
be worth eating.

Each time this subject comes up I similarly insist that the apples from
seedling I access are quite edibvle and sometimes really superb eating.

You obviously have different taste buds that most people.

encouraging people to grow apples from seeds. It wastes their time
and is a big dissappointment after years of effort in raising them.

By the way, which varieties have you planted from seed that you think
came out ok?

Karen <ksoa650 at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote in
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On Sep 28, 2:49 pm, brooklyn1 <gravesen... at (no spam) verizon.net> wrote:
When I said booze I literally meant booze... any apples, the
worst eating apples are great for making jack... doesn't even
need to be all apples, add some currants for color... I once
blew up a heavy duty 5 gallon stainless steel vacuum bottle
making apple jack from dehy apples and raisins (forgot to crack
the vent).

You have a still, do you?

don't know why you'd think that. that's not how to make jack.
distilled cider would be, um, apple vodka.
lee