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[[File:Apple harvest boxes of apple orchard on Île d’Orléans in Canada.jpg|200px|right]] | [[File:Apple harvest boxes of apple orchard on Île d’Orléans in Canada.jpg|200px|right]] | ||
The apple varietals of Wintergen have been refined over the last 150 years to focus on apples that are desirable for cider and {{wp|calvados}}, which, along with lumber, are Wintergen's primary export. | The apple varietals of Wintergen have been refined over the last 150 years to focus on apples that are desirable for cider and {{wp|calvados}}, which, along with lumber, are Wintergen's primary export. | ||
About 20% of the apples harvested are sold as is to fruit sellers. 1-3% are retained for a growing agro-tourism market to be handpicked by tourists from orchards. | |||
====Cider brewing==== | |||
All apples harvested for | |||
====Calvados distilling==== | |||
===Trade and transshipment=== | ===Trade and transshipment=== | ||