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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: aquilegia on July 20, 2004, 12:39:51

Title: Premature apple
Post by: aquilegia on July 20, 2004, 12:39:51

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?

Title: Re:Premature apple
Post by: tim on July 20, 2004, 13:00:11

Variety?? = Tim

Title: Re:Premature apple
Post by: aquilegia on July 20, 2004, 13:01:41

Oh yes good point - worcestor.

Title: Re:Premature apple
Post by: tim on July 20, 2004, 16:07:42

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

Title: Re:Premature apple
Post by: cleo on July 20, 2004, 20:01:47

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

Title: Re:Premature apple
Post by: tim on July 20, 2004, 20:12:45

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

Title: Re:Premature apple
Post by: aquilegia on August 02, 2004, 13:19:01

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!