Post Awt9xQWfUvvZOPGUgC by fb89e58f838b7d716a88300ea1f2539fff78766aa1121ec10968b6b10a498f28@mostr.pub
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 (DIR) Post #Awt9xMScc2JWmhLCoi by c230edd34ca5c8318bf4592ac056cde37519d395c0904c37ea1c650b8ad4a712@mostr.pub
       2025-08-05T19:46:39.000Z
       
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       Couldn't wait any longer. I woke to a couple broken branches. Had to save the others.  https://npub1cgcwm56v5hyrrzl5ty4vq4kdud63n5u4czgycdl2r3jshzk55ufqe52ndy.blossom.band/7e71cf14a019ecb4738fe5bf486cbd19b6ad1b605487fc6bffdae7036aa56ea5.jpg
       
 (DIR) Post #Awt9xNqlRlDh5re05Q by fb89e58f838b7d716a88300ea1f2539fff78766aa1121ec10968b6b10a498f28@mostr.pub
       2025-08-05T20:59:41.000Z
       
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       Did they come off the spur easily and do they have black pips?
       
 (DIR) Post #Awt9xOlq1YsDwsLa2y by fb89e58f838b7d716a88300ea1f2539fff78766aa1121ec10968b6b10a498f28@mostr.pub
       2025-08-05T21:01:34.000Z
       
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       Probably wasn't a spur but you know what I mean...
       
 (DIR) Post #Awt9xPWHEu1KGu4fQm by c230edd34ca5c8318bf4592ac056cde37519d395c0904c37ea1c650b8ad4a712@mostr.pub
       2025-08-05T21:50:06.000Z
       
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       No, they put up a fight, except the ones that were closer to ripe. No black. Some wormy ones & some sun scald.
       
 (DIR) Post #Awt9xQWfUvvZOPGUgC by fb89e58f838b7d716a88300ea1f2539fff78766aa1121ec10968b6b10a498f28@mostr.pub
       2025-08-05T21:55:54.000Z
       
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       Too early then 😕.  Here has been very early but then it has been extra sunny all year....and even then I have still left things on the tree to ripen.Your best bet is to freeze them solid in the freeze then press them. It should help break down the starches into sugars.
       
 (DIR) Post #Awt9xRBn22oxRwVKm8 by c230edd34ca5c8318bf4592ac056cde37519d395c0904c37ea1c650b8ad4a712@mostr.pub
       2025-08-05T22:12:17.000Z
       
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       Its a heavy fruit year. It's been much rainier here than normal, but this isn't the first time I've dealt with early fruit. I steam juice, so that helps and then I end up adding frozen juice concentrate to the cider mix to kick-start fermentation anyway so it all works out.
       
 (DIR) Post #Awt9xRoQiNjHNmaC0G by fb89e58f838b7d716a88300ea1f2539fff78766aa1121ec10968b6b10a498f28@mostr.pub
       2025-08-06T08:13:15.000Z
       
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       Ah ok. Steaming would break down the starch too. When I worked at the cidery we used to have a real character called Wally come deliver us tons of apples who was 92! When he was young, some 'old boys' who fought in the Boer war left him a cider mill(!!!) and they used to pressure cook the apples. It was apparently super strong as a result but the government put the taxes up on strong cider and killed the whole thing.