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["Judson Frisk" <jlfrisk@iowatelecom.net>]

We have an old antique cider press that has fallen into disrepair.  The base
is still in decent condition but much of the wood for the shelves would need
repaired as would the wooden baskets.  It has the flywheel for crushing the
fruit. If anyone is interested in fixing it up and using it they would be
welcome to it.  My name is Judson L. Frisk and I live in SW Iowa.

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Almarode
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 6:06 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] apple pressing

Birds are still getting all the apples from my young trees, but 
someone gave me a bushel or so of apples, macs and something else.
Rather unjuicy apples; my Dad (who grew up in Massachusetts working 
on orchards with proper Macintoshes ), was disappointed, the growers 
probably didn't irrigate heavily (we have a very dry climate) and I 
wonder how well they'd press.  They dry easily :-) but as an aside a 
ripe bosc pear dries much better.  Heavenly.

Anyway, my (dumb) question: as I fantasize about the Lehmans's cider 
press and read how you just drop the apples in whole, I wonder about 
bug damage - a good percent of these apples have black stuff 
presumably from bugs, just at the cores, easy to cut out for drying... 
I can only imagine you need to cut this out for cider too?  

I also hear the local rentals place has a cider press you can rent for 
$16/weekend.  

> Regarding Lehman's press-it looks like the Happy Valley logo on the
> side of the grinder.  I have friends with a Happy Valley press and


Lisa in Ashland Oregon
USDA Z7 - Sunset Z7 - 1800' - 19" annual rainfall

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