'Jeanne',

If you shake an apple and you can hear its pips rattle it is ripe.

Regards,
Emrys Davies.





" Jeanne Stockdale" wrote in message
...
Last year I made some wonderful crab apple jelly and am aiming to do
the
same again this year.

Trouble is hubby and I cannot agree on whether or not the apples are
ready
to pick. They are very red and I am convinced they are ready. However
hubby
says that because they are difficult to pick (ie they are not
literally
falling off the tree), they are not ready

So who is right - when are they ready to pick

Thanks

Jeanne Stockdale