On 24 Oct 2002 09:52:15 -0700, (Graham Wells)
wrote:

J Jackson wrote in message ...
Janet Galpin and Oliver Patterson wrote:
: from "Alan Holmes" contains these words:

: Ribston Pippin and Tydeman's Late Orange are both very tasty apples.

: Thanks.They're certainly two which appeal. I'm also trying not to be
: influenced by names, but they both have irresistible names!

I've heard that Ribston Pippin is very prone to water core?

Last year my apples- re Ribston Pippin- were mostly affected by this
complaint,but I took some to be examined at a local apple day, as at
that time I didn't know what it was or what the cause was.
The info given was that due to irregular watering-rainfall- the juice
in the apple turns to sugar.If you chew the affected area it is a very
sweet taste.This year following feeding etc very few had this
complaint? I quite like the sweet almost crystalised pieces of flesh.
My problem with the older apples is codling moth I have caught
hundreds using the traps sold but and many got through.
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Years ago I was told that the best answer to Codling Moth is
prevention. Those caught in phenemone traps have been on
the wing, whereas if you were to use tree bands, the initial phase
of the beastie - or is it the last - never get up the tree in the
first place. As the trees mature and the trunks thicken, a
preventative grease may be applied with a paintbrush.
Phenemone traps can then be used to kill off the odd one
that gets through the grease barrier.

I never get the problem at all (Smug, smug, smug} though
I do get troubled with leaf miner whatever I do to prevent
the pest. Also of course and inevitably they make their way
over to ornamental shrubs/trees.

John
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