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Old 18-08-2009, 04:33 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default What to do with windfall apples?

"Jim S" wrote in message
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On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:24:15 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On 17 Aug, 18:18, (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!

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - To get my real address, remove the fruit

Wash them, dice them (no need to peel), boil them up with sugar to
sweeten until mushy, when they are edible. Excess liquid can be
strained and cooled as a drink. Beware that the "mush" and drink grow
mould quickly, so freeze any excess.

Chris

Offer them to the nearest stables.

Damn, I've just said that, and you beat me to it!(:-(


They will probably collect them.
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Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk


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