In 1926 the imports of cider or perry, not containing added spirit, amounted to 1,166,000 gallons.
The growers are grubbing them up because of the heavy importation of cider apples.
I declare an interest not in a small cider company but in a large one.
Matters are made considerably worse by the uncertain state of the commercial-scale cider industry.
In common with other growers, cider apple producers are heavily dependent on legal labour, provided under the student agricultural workers scheme, to harvest their crops.
Tenants of the major brewers are thus free to sell the cider of their choice, from whatever supplier, in their houses.
Insufficient comment has been focused on the issue of soft drinks and alcoholic drinks other than beer, including cider.
Thus, this dimension reflects how growers value apples based on their uses: varieties that are suitable for multiple purposes (eating, cooking and cider processing) are most valued.
