ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Apple season is still going strong and a well known Rockford orchard is busy squeezing cider for the crowds visiting their grounds.

Patrick Riofredo shows us how Curran's Orchard in Rockford makes apple cider. He said he loves harvest season.

"My favorite part of the entire orchard really is that people get to come out and make memories as a family and enjoy yummy apples donuts and cider," he said. "We work the whole year preparing for the fall, and this is harvest time and when we get the see the fruits of our labor."

He said the first step in making apple cider is picking the apples.

"Once they're in the apple barn, we put them in this water bath and wash them," he said. "Right now, they're going up the conveyor belt, then they'll go into a scrubber, which kin

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