Wholesale cost of apples
Alasdair Keddie
Up to this point I've been begging apples from neighbour's gardens, freecycle, gumtree etc. I've had really good success with this but I can't help thinking it would be nice to have some control over the varieties I'm working with.
I'm now wondering how much a ton of good variety cider apples would cost typically (eg: Kingston Black, Dabinet, etc)?
Also, would it be cheaper if I can collect and pick from a commercial orchard?
I'm based in Dorset and would appreciate any advice :)
Regards,
Alasdair
Andrew Lea
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> I'm now wondering how much a ton of good variety cider apples would cost
> typically (eg: Kingston Black, Dabinet, etc)?
This topic comes up fairly often. Go to
http://groups.google.com/group/cider-workshop?hl=en and enter <cost of
apples> or <price of apples> in the search box to see some previous
discussion. You are probably looking at around �100 per ton. But there
isn't really an open market in cider apples. The bigger growers with
well-managed named varieties of fruit are all directly contracted in
some way or another, if only to supply themselves. Your best bet may be
to identify a few medium scale cider companies in Dorset / Somerset and
get in touch with them to see if they are prepared to do a deal.
Andrew
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