Cider Press Jones

For many years Clinton Porter Jones operated a cider press on his farm in Fairfax, Virginia. This earned him the nickname Cider Press Jones. The Fairfax County Park Authority has agreed to restore the old cider press as well as the 1930s John Deere tractor that powered it. They will be placing the cider press at Frying Pan Park as part of the Kidwell Farm which depicts a farm as it would have been in the 1920s and 1930s.

In October of 1952 the Washington Star did a story on CP Jones and his cider press. The images below are scanned from the original prints of photos taken by Star photographer Elwood Baker. Click on any of the images for larger versions (240K-320K).

 

Walton B. Jones pours apples into the hopper as Judith A. Jones looks on. Allen E. Jones is in the background next to the truck.

CP Jones smooths out the apple pulp preparing it for pressing.

 

Mrs. Alfred Wolf shows CP Jones the apples she brought to have pressed.

MM Allen fills a barrel while Arthur Magner and CP Jones hidden in the back work the mill.

CP Jones and Mrs. Alfre Wolf fill jugs with freshly pressed cider.

 

Arthur Magner and CP Jones open the chute releasing ground apples ready for pressing.

Judith A Jones and Millie Mae Allen Jones fill barrels with cider.

 

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