Got out the old cider press last weekend and made a little cider. Apples were a bit immature, but the trees are dropping them early, I guess due to the extended dry period we've been experiencing. A neighbor down the road said I could have the apples and I couldn't see letting them go to waste. When we moved to where we now live, I had to start my apple orchard over again; I have about 50 semi-dwarf trees, both new and antique varieties about three years old, now planted. Hopefully, not too many years down the road, I'll have all kinds of apples to make cider from.