Resource: Cider Apples of the Future

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For the past thirty years, the cider industry has relied almost exclusively on American dessert and European cider cultivars for their juice. In recent years, however, cider makers, fruit explorers and orchardists have been searching for, breeding, selecting, naming and propagating the American cider apples of the future. Join our panel of experts as we look at the exciting potential for a new North American cider “Pomona.”


Moderator: John Bunker.


Panelists: Matt Kaminsky – Gnarly Pippins and Steve Van Nocker – Faculty at the University of Michigan.


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