Those using Sixth Avenue East to travel through the Hillside may have noticed the Hillside Public Orchard at East 10th Street. A festival was held last weekend to give residents a chance to press apples from their backyard trees into cider.
Photos by Melissa Boyle
1/Greta Leitz cranks the apple chopper on the cider press.
2/Angela Qson fills a half gallon with fresh cider. The Hillside Public Orchard’s apples weren’t ready to be made into cider, but volunteers brought apples from their own trees. (Photos by Melissa Boyle)
