TODAY IN THE ORCHARD
Cider pressing at SCF, November 3, 2024
I pressed a barrel of cider today with Alyssa Gavlik’s help. It took three pressings in the bladder press. Each pressing took 8 bushels of apples and yielded about twenty gallons of juice. We pressed over twenty varieties with the largest amounts being Wickson, Sweet Red, Ashmead’s Kernel, Windham Russet and “Whitefield” Russet. Meanwhile the CSA crew packed the storage apples for the last CSA of the year.