Topic: ugly apples

[sawfish]

I think my rustic apples from the plot look great. Under the skin they're perfect, just like me...................................... NOT!

[manicscousers]

we had lots like that this year, still taste amazing and make fantastic pulp and apple juice  ;D

[sawfish]

I got 83 apples off my three 4 year old trees.

[saddad]

I brought in three carrier bags full, and didn't bother with the windfalls...
 ::)

[realfood]

Which varieties are they and how well do they resist canker??
I went to the apple day at the Glasgow Botanics recently to get a variety name for an apple from a very old tree on one of the plots. It flowers incredibly late after all other apples on the plots have already flowered, so the mystery apple must be self-fertile. It may be an old variety called "Clydeside".

[sawfish]

is that up at your plot Realfood?

[realfood]

It is in another plotter's plot, but I was very curious to find out what the variety was.

[sawfish]

4 year old Jonagold, Braeburn and Elstar. I also have a 2 year old Discovery which gave me nothing this year, a newly planted Bloody Ploughman and a Cox's Pippin.

[realfood]

How do you find Jonagold, Braeburn and Elstar for disease resistance, especially Canker?

[OllieC]

Nothing ugly about them, Sawfish! Them's apples the way they should be...

[valmarg]

I know I'm a bit old fashioned, but the apples you have there sawfish have taste.

What you buy in the supermarkets these days is tasteless pap.  French golden delicious are tasteless waterbags, and the french grannie smiths are dreadful leatherjackets.  Tasteless rubbish.

valmarg

[sawfish]

I've found ajonagold and elstar particularly good and they taste musch better than jonagold or elstar from the supermarket. Like I say the skin can look horrendous but the apples perfect underneath. I just eat the scabby skin it tastes fine..

[realfood]

Glad to hear that you like Jonagold as I bought one today at Lidl for under £4.