NorthernWinos
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The neighbors have been calling saying that the crabapples are ripe....After the storms of last weekend they started to fall...
Went over and pickedthree 5 gallon buckets [almost full]...
Washed and placed them in the steam juicer....within minutes they began to split...
And the juice poured forth...
Out of the 13-14 gallons of fruit I got 20 quarts [5 gallons] of juice....I use 10 quarts per 5 gallon batch of wine...
The sad thing is....I am the only one who uses any fruit from that tree.....The area homesteads seem to all have at least one Dolgo Crabapple tree in the yard [except us]...and not many of the fruits get used....everyone always asks each other if they want any....such a waste....but there was some nice piles of bear scat under the tree and the deer had also been spending a lot of time there....so the wildlife seem to enjoy those fruits.
Edited by: Northern Winos
Went over and pickedthree 5 gallon buckets [almost full]...
Washed and placed them in the steam juicer....within minutes they began to split...
And the juice poured forth...
Out of the 13-14 gallons of fruit I got 20 quarts [5 gallons] of juice....I use 10 quarts per 5 gallon batch of wine...
The sad thing is....I am the only one who uses any fruit from that tree.....The area homesteads seem to all have at least one Dolgo Crabapple tree in the yard [except us]...and not many of the fruits get used....everyone always asks each other if they want any....such a waste....but there was some nice piles of bear scat under the tree and the deer had also been spending a lot of time there....so the wildlife seem to enjoy those fruits.