New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-30
HISTORY OFF, GLASS or CIDER.
ryr or.n MILL AND THE NEw-FEATURrs OF AN
EXTENSIVE BUsINEss-A SHORT YIELD
THIS YEAR-MACARoSI AS A SUB

r,r y, n NTH. AND THE NEw-FEATURS OF AN
EXTENSIVE BusINEss-A SHORT YIELD
THIS YEAR-MACARoS1 AS A SUB
sTITUTE FOR STRAW.
The sight of a keg of sweet cider on the COUNT
is more frequent in downtown Restaurants n.y. :,
DAYS than IL was dozen years ago. p.e'o W
p,mnkn pie and a glass OF saccharihe aPpio'"'NS
aouhtess appea to the country-bred tastes oil man,
n rrizzIed merchant and busy clerk ana o"i, W ~
recoections Of rude old country ciuer ih'i's anu ~,
o., cats NJ amber liquor into which they once IN
-. .,o ,otont rye straw Or possibly the pretty
-, sh,rc glasses at the counter reminds them OIL
como country Pomona such as John Keats drew III
nj. noeu Of 81 Autumn who loved to SIT beside
o,dor nress and watch the last slow oozings, hour
by hour .,.,siv,
The cider business has got to be an extensive
one and grows largely every year. proViohs ''oio
&, GOOD crop OF apples. This year however, ti'c'o
q, nIv ahout onctlird OF yield from the cider
mills owing TO the light apple crop. The price oi
c,dor docs not seem TO 1uctliatc with the supply
II is always served out by the retailer at hVe cents
a glass and NAV be bought by the Kee al iro"
thrtv IN forty cents a gallon. The trade centres
in the streets about Washington Market. III '"o
collars along Greenwich and Washington SIS. Ut.
s,ored thousands of barrels OF appcjuice. Some oil
n &c kent for years, to be converted into cider
vinegar As rule, the flush year OF the appic
orchards furnishes a vinegar supply for two years
Good cider is worth more than vinegar TINS year.
so that the crop will mostly be used In lis 1rcsh spc'
Now.yor,t. Connecticut and New Jersey furnish the
hulk Of the cider supply for this city, yet good
deal will be brought from further points this year
ono Connecticut firm IS known TO have bought apples
In northern Vermont and Canada to bring 10 is
mills Not few cider manufacturers own more
than one mill some half dozen, and they
make a handsome profit. supposing that they
nav a farmer fifty cents a barrel Tor apples
barrel OF apples will make nine gallons OF cder "hoh
will hiring them 20 cents a gallon or 81 20 for the
Weld OF 80 cents worth OF apples There Is oil course
some outlay for machinery, labor, barrels ETC. Sec
ond hand whisSey barrels generally used and they
cost about ~ % apiece old rcd noscd cider connolse,
say that quart two of whiskey lett In the barrel
The cost Of aang cider is from to 3 , cents srs
gallon and the farmers often prefer to pay If ,s sa
advantage from not being known to the trade. a
Connecticut cider firm made bid the other das c 10
supply 800 barrels OF cider at Is cents gallon nuc
large orders would daze the average farmer OF coursc.
The romantic old time cIderli Is nd oeng yapu
modern sort. In the old one the apples wey o Yen
ground by but % .tre iga"t the bower
of which, halfwasted on great oveIshot, wneei =,
made to do the grinding oeh .c
give way and then there was great temptation 10 wae
the cider to make up for lost time %,e Willie ly
by an upright screw into which iron bars We're trnst
and pushed around by brawny arms n e her hms
seen q broad backed Dutch woman helping he' nus
band at this arduous work. -, =, Aha NM
The modern cldermIll. however shows by the puis
OF steam that il does not depend on dams; 10 oe
snre there NAV be dam foot high In the nelghboring
ravipe q fall OF water enough to work hydauilc ram
and feed the boiler. The grinder evolves at rate
which males the binding hum The ground apple, OF
pulp falls down through the floor Into canvas SACHS,
which are hastily closed and laid In tier OF dozen
on the platform Of the hydraulic press. Then down
comes the cover with irresistible power and the es-
pump also propelled b. steam, forces the liquid up
into large vat from which II he drawn into bar
res by turning spIeot. In old times the loading OF
barrel of cider weighing 400 pounds occupied the
close attention of several brawny men as they rolled
II M a pair OF skids7 with concert OF heaveohs
But now a pair of barrel tongs, rope thrown over
windass having large wheel for the hand rope, ana
the muscle OF one lifts the barrel and swings II
into the wagon -,
II Is strong argument for the sweetcider drinker
that the pomace left after pressing is absolutely worth
less as a food for anything or as fertilizer The
virtue of the apple therefore 90 with the Juice
The hest cider Is that made late In the season from
the best matred fruit Cold weather also conducfs to
its keeping we'll Russet apples make about the finest
cider in market. and il will bring an extra price.
Some other varieties, Newtown ppplns or crab apples
make very thick cider. If properly worked cleared
Of pomace and kept alright In new clean barrels 1t
will keep all winter rich and pleasant as sherry
wne while of less alcoholic and so less harm
full. .
The pleasure OF sucking cider through straw
is not always attanabe as straws are not
convenient at hand. An excellent substitute for the
straw Is a stick Of macaron