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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?

Variety?? = Tim

Oh yes good point - worcestor.

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

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

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

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!