Cider Apples

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Cider Apple Production

Defining cider apples

Economics of producing cider apples

Cider apple cultivars

Tree training systems for cider apples

Thinning cider apples

Pest management in cider orchards

Harvesting cider apples

Cider apple videos

NECAP YouTube channel

2022 Northeast Cider Apple Project (NECAP) Updates

New England Extension Fruit Educator Consortium Winter Series: Cider Apples 2021: Where do we stand?

Part 1

Part 2

Articles

UMass Fruit Notes; Vol. 84 No. 2, “Small Steps to a Big Future for Massachusetts Cider Apples”

Proceedings from the 2019 NEVFC Cider Session

Foster, J. Kingsley-Richards, S.L., and Bradshaw, T. 2022. Effect of Summer Hedging on Return Bloom, Yield, Tree Growth, and Juice Quality of Apples Grown for Cider. Acta Hortic. 1346, 439-446.

Foster, J. Kingsley-Richards, S.L., and Bradshaw, T. 2022. Summer Applications of NAA and Ethephon Show Little Effect on Return Bloom, Yield, Tree Growth, and Juice Quality of Cider Apple Cultivars. Acta Hortic. 1346, 511-518.

Bradshaw, T. and Foster, J. 2020. Plant growth regulators do not affect biennial bearing of two cider apple cultivars in Vermont, U.S.A. Acta Hortic. 1281, 273-278.

Bradshaw, T.L. and Foster, J. 2020. Modified pruning intensity may reduce labor costs and improve profitability of growing dessert apple cultivars for cider production. Acta Hortic. 1281, 243-250.

Cider Apple Characteristics


This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, through the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program under subaward numberĀ  LNE19-373.
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