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Chuck and Anne Shelton of Abermarle Ciderworks Tom Burford cidermaking in the mid-1990s. She sought out the best American and English cidermakers as teachers, planted rare but richly-flavored heirlooms such as the Harrison, and refined a business plan and distribution strategy that already gets her fine heirloom apple ciders out to over one hundred and seventy taverns, pubs, restaurants and specialty shops in four states. Along with Chuck and Charlotte Shelton, Flynt helped convince their state governor to sponsor Virginia Cider Week, which has exposed thousands of the uninitiated to the realization that apples are as good to drink as they are to eat. Now in its second year, Cider Week features dozens of tastings, pairings, dinners and lectures that not only promote the Harrison, but other rare apples such Ashmead’s kernel, Graniwinkle, Roxbury russet and Hewe’s Virginia crab. While Harrison is now back in cultivation as far north as Maine, and as far west as Wyoming, roughly 81% of the 3000 apple varieties still being offered by one or more North American nurseries is still considered endangered. The Harrison may have survived, but perhaps as many as 15,000 other apple varieties named and historically grown in the U.S. did not. The hope among cider apple historians like Ben Watson is the renaissance of hard cider in America will keep many other heirloom apples from falling out of cultivation and off our tables. Watson, an apple grower, former co-chair of the U.S. Ark of Taste committee and 46
epresentative to the International Ark Commission, believes that we are at a pivotal point in America’s relationship with apples: “I think we’re discovering in some senses what was known and done two hundred years ago, but on the other hand, people are discovering some unique qualities of these apples on their own and making their own decisions about how to use them…Many Americans, including children, are fascinated by the myriad shapes, colors and flavors once they have had the opportunity to see and taste them. As such, we see the apple as totemic—a democratic fruit that is as diverse as America itself.” This, Ben hopes, “will hopefully recruit and engage the next generation of apple stewards on this continent. “ “We began to see the market as a hub for community restoration, (since) markets, like dinner tables, help to define our sense of place.” Richard McCarthy, Director, Slow Food USA, and co-founder of the Crescent City Farmers Market, New Orleans LA 47
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