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Sweet Apple Cider, Non-AlcoholicApple cider was a flourishing industry in Europe even before America was discovered. Today the Normandy and Brittany regions of France are famous for their apples. Early 17th century European settlers in the U.S. brought apple seeds with them and began planting orchards. The colonists used their apples to make cider, just as they had done in the Old World. Soon Colonial cider became important as both an agricultural commodity and as a means of exchange. (Wikipedia and Slow Food USA)While hard apple cider is easy to find, premium non-alcoholic versions in festive bottling are elusive. We have stocked our shelves with some of the finest gourmet products available -- the web's largest single source for cider from the world's orchards. Browse your favorite apple variety for a cider that perfectly matches your taste buds. Looking for a proper British apple juice? Click on the tab to your left and see how apple juice bottled in celebratory style is one of the newest beverages to land on America's shores! |
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| Some people think that Golden Delicious is simply the yellow cousin of the popular Red Delicious apple. But, in fact, they are related in name only. Golden Delicious began as a chance seedling, perhaps of Grimes Golden, on a farmer's hillside near Bomont, West Virginia. In 1914 Paul Stark of Stark Brothers Nursery reportedly bought the tree for five thousand dollars, and protected its investment with a tall cage, complete with burglar alarm. He found that special apple on a thousand-mile treasure hunt which started in the town of Louisiana, Missouri, the home of Stark Brothers, and ended in West Virginia. The apple, later to be called the Golden Delicious, has become the state's most famous contribution to horticulture and a standard in commercial and backyard orchards. |
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| The Granny Smith, or green apple, originated in Australia in 1868 from a chance seedling propagated by Maria Smith, where the name "Granny Smith" comes from. It was originally introduced to England in the 1930s and the United States in 1972. Granny Smith apples usually have a slightly more sour, sharp flavor than other apples. They are also favored for salads because the slices do not brown as quickly as other varieties. |
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| The Haralson is medium-sized and red in color. They are crisp and juicy, having a tart flavor. The Haralson apple was introduced by the Minnesota Horticulture Research Center in 1922. It is named after Charles Haralson, superintendent of the University of Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. |
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| Honeycrisp apples were developed and released by the University of MN in 1991. Like MacIntosh, Honeycrisps do best when grown in the coldest areas of the country. |
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| Woodstock, New York, is more famous for a historic rock concert than apples. However, the Jonathan apple is believed to have originated from an Esopus Spitzenburg seedling in 1826 from the farm of Philip Rick in Woodstock. Although it may have originally been called the "Rick apple," it was soon renamed by Judge Buel, President of Albany (NY) Horticultural Society, after Jonathan Hasbrouck, who discovered the apple and brought it to Buel's attention. The apple is medium-sized, sweet and full of acidity, with a tough but smooth skin. |
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| The McIntosh is an apple cultivar with red and green skin, a tart flavor, and tender white flesh. It is traditionally the most popular cultivar in New England, well known for the pink sauce unpeeled McIntoshes make. Many consider it a superior eating apple and well suited for applesauce, cider, and pies. Every McIntosh apple has a direct lineage to a single tree discovered in 1811 by John McIntosh on his farm in Dundela, a hamlet located in Dundas County in the Canadian province of Ontario. |
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| The Red Delicious is the most widely grown apple in the world, red with darker red streaks, and five "points" on the bottom. Like many other cultivars, it was a chance seedling. The legend is that a hardy seedling was found in 1868 by one Jesse Hiatt, an apple grower outside East Peru, Iowa, USA. Hiatt tried to kill it, but it kept coming back, and finally Hiatt let it grow, eventually bringing its fruit to a fruit show in Louisiana, Missouri. It won first prize. The Red Delicious was originally called "Hawkeye" by Hiatt, but after taking it to the fruit show in Lousiana it was called simply "Delicious". When the Golden Delicious was discovered in 1914, the name changed again to "Red Delicious." Red Delicious apples have more antioxidant activity than others, according to a Canadian study that appeared in the June 29, 2005, issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Antioxidants are believed to be able to neutralize the unstable compounds called free radicals, which can damage the cells and tissues leading ultimately to heart disease, prostate, colon, and other cancers. |
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| For those in the know, Stayman apples are a connoisseur's delight. Their distinctive sweeet-tart flavor, snappy bite, satisfying texture and crimson color have made them a favorite since their discovery by Dr. Stayman in 1866. The Stayman is an ideal, all-purpose apple. As a snack, it gets high praise for its robust taste and firm, crisp flesh. |
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| The Winesap apple is an old apple variety. It has been a favorite cider apple since the late 1800's because of its truly unusual flavor. The Winesap is still one of the leading strains being grown in the US. Juicy and tart, it has a sprightly, medium acid taste. |
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| York was discovered near York, Pennsylvania, around 1830, and is still widely grown in south central Pennsylvania and southward along the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge mountains. Apple fans know and love York for its intense tart/sweet flavor. |
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