Harrison was the celebrated cider apple in the North during the late 18th and 19th Century. Noted pomologist William Coxe wrote in 1817 of its “high coloured, rich, and sweet cider of great strength, commanding a high price in New York, frequently ten dol
The most celebrated Southern cider apple, the Hewe’s Crab was first recorded in 1741 and became a favorite of our founding fathers, including Washington and Jefferson.Though cultivated for nearly two hundred years for fine cider, the Hewe’s Crab was lost