CONWAY — Stumble across a cellar hole in the woods and chances are you’ll find an ancient apple tree, or a descendant of one, nearby — planted by the family who settled that homestead 150 or so years ago.

Why apples were a staple of colonial life can be summed up in two words — sugar and cider (more specifically, hard cider). In fact, until the end of Prohibition in the 1930s, apples were used in this country mostly to make alcohol.

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