Cider was huge, the main reason to plant an orchard. IIRC selling the idea of apples as a healthy thing to eat (and perhaps even apple pie as patriotic) was a c

Cider was huge, the main reason to plant an orchard. IIRC selling the idea of apples as a healthy thing to eat (and perhaps even apple pie as patriotic) was a clever marketing "pivot" under prohibition -- orchards were otherwise headed the way of the brewers & distilleries.