Cider Fact

A Persian girl on her wedding night is allowed to eat nothing but apples and camel's marrow.

Strabo, Greek geographer

 

Eleven apple varieties produce 90% of apples sold in grocery stores.

Red Delicious comprises 41% of the American apple crop.

Of the 16,000 apple varieties named, grown and eaten in the US, only 3000 are available today through nurseries.

Forgotten Fruits Manifesto & Manual compiled by Gary Nabham

Cider And Apple Info

Wittenham Hill Cider Portal
Andrew Lea’s site with valuable information on small scale cidermaking.
www.cider.org.uk

Vintage Virginia Apples
An excellent source of over 250 apple varieties, good quality fruit trees plus workshops on orcharding and cidermaking.
www.vintagevirginiaapples.com

Michael Phillips’ portal for valuable orchard information
http://www.herbsandapples.com/orchard/edge.php

Information and evangelizing on traditional craft cider.
http://www.oldtimecider.com

UK-centric and informative site on real cider.
www.real-cider.co.uk

Forgotten Fruits Manifesto and Manual from RAFT—Renewing America's Food Traditions.

Forgotten Fruits Manifesto & Manual compiled by Gary Nabhan