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Gwendalou Langley, WA(Zone 7b) Aug 08, 2007

Anyone have any recommendations on an apple press?

Thanks,
Gwen

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scottfsmith Baltimore, MD Aug 14, 2007

I have a Correll grinder/press which is well-built and works fine. I would prefer a more modern type press since many improvements have been made in apple grinding and pressing technology, but the homeowner-scale presses have not incorporated them. So I think the Correll is about as good as you can do. Make sure you get a grinder of some sort, you won't get much yield of juice without grinding (not just cutting them up). The Correll presses are combo grinder/press.

Scott

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lcosden Pawling, NY(Zone 5b) Aug 14, 2007

Out of curiosity, why not just use juicers?? Won't that work just as well??

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scottfsmith Baltimore, MD Aug 14, 2007

You mean like a carrot juicer? You can't eat the seeds stem or core so those would have to be cut out first. After those are cut out I guess you could make a "mush" out of the apples. It would be quite dense I would guess, more like applesauce.

Scott

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lcosden Pawling, NY(Zone 5b) Aug 14, 2007

Really, I thought that the applesauce would stay up in the pulp compartment and he juice would flow down. Now I'm all curious.. Think I have to try it out next time I get some apples.. Humm...

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scottfsmith Baltimore, MD Aug 15, 2007

I don't know much about juicers, I had thought they just ground up everything. It sounds like they would work fine if the pulp was collected by something, and if so would be a whole lot easier for small batch sizes. The apple press is designed for when you have a big tree with multiple bushels of apples.

Scott

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lcosden Pawling, NY(Zone 5b) Aug 15, 2007

ah.. Okay.. cuz guess me and my little bag of apples don't quite qualify for bushel status.. Makes sense though.. The juicer would only be able to do small batches..

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Gwendalou Langley, WA(Zone 7b) Aug 20, 2007

A good juicer will separate the pulp from the juice. Like the champion juicer which I've always wanted.

But I'm not sure, the apples seem to be different. First you have to mash the apples, then squeeze the juice out. It seems to be a two-step process. I suppose you could do small quantities in a juicer but might also not get as much juice out doing it that way.

Gwen

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