Poverty Lane Orchards’ fields were all dairy land till about 1960, when the first apple trees were planted here. Till about 1980, this place  produced classic New England wholesale McIntosh and Cortlands of the highest northern-grown quality. The market recognized premium fruit, and paid for it.   However, New England regional growers began losing market [...]

On Farnum Hill, we stick to the true meaning of the word “cider” — an alcoholic beverage fermented from apples, just as “wine” is an alcoholic beverage fermented from grapes. When Prohibition hit the States, apple-growers’ sharp need for a new teetotal image cut the normal old word “cider” from its normal old meaning, and [...]

Cold weather has finally hit New England, and the cider room is working on bottling our latest SemiDry, ExtraDry and Dooryard.  The guys have been out in the orchards working through the rows of trees.  If you’re interested in pruning cider trees, take a look at this video, shot last winter by the talented (and [...]