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David Nicholson

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Re: Apple pressing!
« Reply #15 on: November 06, 2012, 04:50:46 PM »
...... and have you got the whip to go with them :o
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Paul T

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Re: Apple pressing!
« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2012, 09:47:01 PM »
Back? of her closet.  She wears those out every Saturday night.  ;D
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Tim Ingram

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Re: Apple pressing!
« Reply #17 on: November 06, 2012, 09:48:07 PM »
Maggi - it looks like this is going in a different direction! I thought bare feet were the thing.
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Maggi Young

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Re: Apple pressing!
« Reply #18 on: November 06, 2012, 09:59:13 PM »
Bare feet may work for grapes, but I think something "sturdier" is needed for apples, Tim.

- sorry that my suggestion has lead to a lowering of the tone of the thread..... :-X
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John Aipassa

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Re: Apple pressing!
« Reply #19 on: November 07, 2012, 03:27:42 AM »
Quote from: Maggi Young on November 06, 2012, 09:59:13 PM

- sorry that my suggestion has lead to a lowering of the tone of the thread..... :-X

.........but the mood has risen :)
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Re: Apple pressing!
« Reply #20 on: November 10, 2012, 12:10:24 AM »
This year has been a bumper crop for apples in our area, and earlier this fall we did a cider pressing with friends using a rented press.  In all we pressed about 12 gallons of juice.  Our gathering even made the local TV news -  you can view the news clip at this link:

http://www.kezi.com/harvesting-apples-the-old-fashioned-way/

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Re: Apple pressing!
« Reply #21 on: November 19, 2012, 03:42:52 PM »
I'm going to go off in the opposite direction and say that small apple presses are labour intensive and are of exceedingly low productivity - ie a waste of time

I borrowed and tried one, and saw another in operation and they were both the same. 

I bought a large electric fruit juicer off the internet (~£80) and found it far more productive, both in extracting the juice and in speed of operation.  The pulp was really quite dry, the process was quick and the juice excellent.  OK- not so romantic but then why waste so much ?

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