CIDER HARD & SWEET: HISTORY, TRADITIONS, AND MAKING YOUR OWN

The Library of Congress has cataloged the previous edition as follows:

Watson, Ben, 1961–

Cider, hard and sweet : history, traditions, and making your own / Ben Watson.

— 2nd ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-881-50819-2 (alk. paper)

ISBN 978-1-581-57689-4 (e-book)

1. Cider. I. Title.

TP563.W38 2008

641.3’411—dc22

2008028918

Third edition ISBN: 978-1-58157-207-0

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Title page: Cidermaking at Log Cabin Farm in Dummerston,

Vermont, in the early 1900s, courtesy of Frances Manix

Illustrations on pages 64 and 77 © by Jill Shaffer Hammond

Illustration of American Beauty apple on page 107 by Amanda A. Newton (1912). U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705

Interior photographs by the author unless otherwise specified

PHOTO CREDITS

Brenda Bailey Collins: pages 168, 175, 200. Bill Bradshaw: pages 60, 67 (top and bottom), 72, 94, 98, 99, 101, 108, 111, 130, 134, 135, 182, 194. Terence Bradshaw: pages 66, 68 (left), 90, 179, 181. Emily M. Herman: page 65. iStockphoto: © Pgiam, page 50; © instamatics, page 144. Claude Jolicoeur: page 122. © Madzia71/iStockphoto.com: page 133. Jason Martel: page 137. Ben Polito: pages 68 (right), 177. Anne Shelton, Albemarle CiderWorks: page 120. Charlotte Shelton, Albemarle CiderWorks: page 25. Richard Stadnik: pages 6, 33, 132, 141, 157, 186, 193. David White, Old Time Cider: page 116. Wikimedia Commons: Man Vyi, page 14; Alberto Elosegi/ARGIA.com, page 58; and pages 20, 21, 22, 59.

Book design and composition by Eugenie S. Delaney

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