Cider Fact

"My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree
Toward heaven still
And there's a barrell I didn't fill
Beside it, and there may be two or three Apples I didn't pick upon some bough
But I am done with apple-picking now."

Robert Frost

Books

Browning, Frank. Apples. ISBN 0-86547-537-7

Burford, Tom. Apples: A Catalogue of International Varieties. Available from Tom Burford, PO Box 367, Monroe, VA 24325 ($20)

Calhoun, Lee. Old Southern Apples. ISBN 0-939923-59-9

Hatch, Peter. The Fruits and Trees of Monticello. ISBN 0-8139-1746-8
A beautifully written book on Thomas Jefferson’s collection of over 125 fruit trees at Monticello. Hatch writes at length about the most popular apple cultivar in 18th century Virginia, the Hewe’s Crab—the dominant apple in Foggy Ridge First Fruit Cider.

Phillips, Michael. The Apple Grower: A Guide for the Organic Orchardist. ISBN 1-890132-04-7 or order from the author at http://www.herbsandapples.com/orchard/edge.php

Proulx, Annie, and Nichols, Lew. Cider: Making, Using and Enjoying Sweet & Hard Cider. 2nd Edition. Storey Communications. 1997

Rosenstein, Mark In Praise of Apples
ISBN 1–57990-124-7 or www.marketplace-restaurant.com
A great book of apples and cider recipes from the chef-owner of the award winning Market Place Restaurant in Asheville, NC.

Watson, Ben. Cider, Hard and Sweet: History, Traditions, and Making Your Own. ISBN 0-88150-468-8

Yepsen, Roger. Apples. ISBN 0-393-03690-I

From RAFT—Renewing America's Food Traditions:

Forgotten Fruits Manual & Manifest

Diane's Foggy Ridge Orchard Notebook