Talk:Where the Apple Lies/@comment-26423071-20161008181552/@comment-4042934-20161009161158

I'll talk from personal experience here. Homemade cider spoils very fast to be sold in stores. In worst case scenarios it goes bad in a few days, unlike jam that lasts for at least a month and even then it can be cleaned and consumed with no severe problems (it molds from surface to bottom, so you simply throw out any molded stuff on the surface).

If the Apples were making it factory-style with the inclusion of perservatives, they would have no problem to sell them in Rich's store. They are obviously making it the traditional way like we saw in season 2, so it is truly first come first serve to assure the best possible quality.