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Old 18-08-2009, 04:31 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default What to do with windfall apples?


"Anne Welsh Jackson" wrote in message
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"wafflycat" wrote:
"Steve Harris" wrote:


My 'Ashmeads Kernal' is well loaded with fruit and harvest is scheduled
for mid-October. Meanwhile, it is shedding a lot of small apples -
some
of which show signs of insect damage.

* Should I be composting this windfall?
* Just leave it where it falls?
* Or maybe I should be destroying it to disrupt pest life-cycles?
* Is there a good culinary use for undamaged fallers?

Thanks!

Chutneys.. apple pies, apple crumble, apple sauce..


I made five gallons of apple wine, in 1990. Delicious, it was, and
I'm still finding the odd bottle of it here and there in the attic...


Is that because it made you so drunk you couldn't remember making it in the
first place?(:-)

Alan


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AnneJ