“Re: 136 - maybe if they harvest them before they drop. Drops are not used for juice.”
In colonial days onwards all apples were used. B grade apples such as drops and windblown (off trees) apples were preferred for making cider, that would slowly ferment into an alcoholic apple cider. Being that many drops were bruised and already fermenting in place.
I believe some states put the kibosh on using drops.
A farmer I know uses drops that are collected and pushed into a pile for a TMR for his cows. Yummy!