Category: Apples

  • CiderDays 2013 Preview

    [iframe_loader src=”https://www.google.com/fusiontables/embedviz?q=select+col7+from+1TxRJwVPC0FD3N3516sRwpZVFmt4ZpZ-DJCgzN8E&viz=MAP&h=false&lat=42.57754790782971&lng=-72.60738634453129&z=10&t=1&l=col7&y=2&tmplt=2&hml=ONE_COL_LAT_LNG” height=”360″ width=”600″] View a larger version of the map at map.ciderguide.com/cd2013.html. Franklin County CiderDays in Massachusetts—traditionally held the first weekend in November—is now in its 19th year. What began as a humble harvest celebration at West County Cider is now a county-wide celebration of apples, sweet cider, and hard cider. This year’s CiderDays will be…

  • Tom Burford vs. The Red Delicious

    I recently sat down with Tom Burford at his home in Lynchburg, Virginia to talk about apples, cider, agrarian values, and much more. During the course of our conversation, Tom mentioned a YouTube video in which he speaks candidly on matters dear to him, including the reasons why he believes cider virtually disappeared from American…