This was the one I was talking about... that holds its fruit well even after the gales this weekend!!
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e190/Plot52/DSCN2101.jpg)
Allegedly raised from a pip by the plotholder over fifty years ago...
::)
is it at all possible that this is actually a crab apple :-\
They look big crab apples :)
They are about the size of Granny smiths/golden delicious when you buy them in multi packs in supermarkets... probably bigger if thinned. The tree never gets any attention at all.. :-\
Quote from: saddad on March 03, 2008, 20:21:02
They are about the size of Granny smiths/golden delicious when you buy them in multi packs in supermarkets... probably bigger if thinned. The tree never gets any attention at all.. :-\
Do they taste nice ?
can i have some pips! lol.
having heard the size, I agree probably too big but my thinking was on the lines that some varieties of crab apples have a tendency to stay on the tree for a long time, until the following spring in some cases (as in sad's picture) whereas bigger, true apples, tend to want to drop and if you look at some pics of yellow crab apples they do look familiar. Would like to know the flavour :)
never tried one... the're not on my plot... I'll ask the owner..
:)
Bigger than that... having just scrumped one... skin is a bit leathery but if I'd been left out all winter I probably would be. ;D
Quite sweet, a bit cox like very pleasant, not quick to discolour when cut...
:)
Remarkable!
Softish or crispy?
Softish but very slow to discolour... I cut some at 6pm and it still looked like apple (not really brown) at 10pm... the owner says it makes great apple sauce, IE breks down with cooking...
:)
Quote from: saddad on March 04, 2008, 22:20:23
Softish but very slow to discolour... I cut some at 6pm and it still looked like apple (not really brown) at 10pm... the owner says it makes great apple sauce, IE breks down with cooking...
:)
YOu could try to get a cutting. Apple trees can be grown on their own roots - after all this one was.
Quote from: saddad on March 04, 2008, 22:20:23
Softish but very slow to discolour... I cut some at 6pm and it still looked like apple (not really brown) at 10pm... the owner says it makes great apple sauce, IE breks down with cooking...
:)
The more ripe the apple the slower it will be to discolour - something to do with acidity?