Cider vs. Cider II It's a fruit frenzy, as JAK'S selects a stunning sextet of varied, interesting BC craft ciders for our Spring session
presents...
Photo: Lundy Dale
Apples: the forbidden fruit, the fruit of love and folklore. The original parents of our modern-day apples come from Kazakhstan in central Asia. When we bite into a sweet, crisp Golden Delicious, we are biting into a ball that's very complicated more than 57,000 genes (we poor humans only have 30,000).
The many types of table apple that we enjoy for a snack number over 150 in variety. But there is a small, separate group numbering just over 20 varieties which we call cider apples, used solely for making that special nectar of the gods. For the origins of cider making, folklore takes us back more than 2,000 years to the Celtic fringe of Eu-
rope. It was mentioned by the Romans circa 55 BC when they arrived in the British Isles and noted the locals were drinking a fermented drink made from the fruit of crab apple trees. See A Brief, Opinionated, History of Cider in this issue to learn more about cider's long tradition. - Brian K. Smith
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