Topic: Premature apple

[aquilegia]

While watering last night I found an apple that had decided to leave the tree early.

It's about 3in in diameter.

Might it be ripe now?

Can I get it to ripen off the tree?

Or should I just feed it to the horse?

[tim]

Variety?? = Tim

[aquilegia]

Oh yes good point - worcestor.

[tim]

A good attempt, but a bit early? Early Sept is the norm. But some folk love a 'green' apple.
Certainly don't treat the horse - much as you love it. I would risk cutting it - check how brown - or not - the seeds are, from an interest point of view - & then sample it? You can always cook it if it's too tart. = Tim

[cleo]

Are you sure this is not the start of the `June` drop?-it has never happen in June here but the apples are now shedding fruit.

Stephan

[tim]

June drop?? Pull the other one! And it was designed to shed the wastrels?

We've had to take off at least 2/3 of the fruit in mid JULY!!
How times change. = Tim

[aquilegia]

They (there was another one last week) weren't ripe, of course. As there were only two and they were quite small, I thought they were barely worth cooking with, so the horses had a treat after we rode yesterday!