NewsJanuary 14, 1996
HISTORICAL PHOTOS
A farmer makes cider with a cider press. Apples were washed and crushed after which the juice was pressed and gathered in a tub. It was then poured into barrels at which point it was "sweet cider." At a later stage of fermentation it became "hard cider" with a rather high alcohol content. In the last stage it became "vinegar." This was an annual event for most farmers in the early 1900s...
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A farmer makes cider with a cider press. Apples were washed and crushed after which the juice was pressed and gathered in a tub. It was then poured into barrels at which point it was "sweet cider." At a later stage of fermentation it became "hard cider" with a rather high alcohol content. In the last stage it became "vinegar." This was an annual event for most farmers in the early 1900s.
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