Well it turns out the apple tree in my new garden is an eater. :-)

It also looks like to be an early version of whatever it is, but it
seems very very early to start picking apples. They're already nice and
sweet and about half of them have a nice shade of red, they're also
starting to fall in greater numbers and will twist off easily.

So - should I leave them or start munching? Well, cutting out the maggot
trails first anyway...

--
Mike Buckley
RD350LC2
CB72

On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 12:19:55 +0100, mike. buckley wrote
(in article ):

Well it turns out the apple tree in my new garden is an eater. :-)

It also looks like to be an early version of whatever it is, but it
seems very very early to start picking apples. They're already nice and
sweet and about half of them have a nice shade of red, they're also
starting to fall in greater numbers and will twist off easily.

So - should I leave them or start munching? Well, cutting out the maggot
trails first anyway...



I read somewhere that English apples are ready about 6 weeks early this year
- so I would try one!

--
Sally in Shropshire, UK
Posted through uk.rec.gardening

On 2009-08-03 12:19:55 +0100, "mike. buckley" said:

Well it turns out the apple tree in my new garden is an eater. :-)

It also looks like to be an early version of whatever it is, but it
seems very very early to start picking apples. They're already nice and
sweet and about half of them have a nice shade of red, they're also
starting to fall in greater numbers and will twist off easily.

So - should I leave them or start munching? Well, cutting out the
maggot trails first anyway...

If they're ready, they're ready! Apple Days are held in many areas in
autumn, so save a couple of your apples if there's one you can get to,
take the apples along and get an expert to ID it for you.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

In article , says...
Well it turns out the apple tree in my new garden is an eater. :-)

It also looks like to be an early version of whatever it is, but it
seems very very early to start picking apples. They're already nice and
sweet and about half of them have a nice shade of red, they're also
starting to fall in greater numbers and will twist off easily.

So - should I leave them or start munching? Well, cutting out the maggot
trails first anyway...


some varieties like Beauty of Bath normally ripen in August but the early
apples are not normally good keepers and are best eaten straight from the
tree, gluts of windfalls can be made into juice
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

In the Czech Rep where my wife is from, they have a useful concept of "summer apple" to describe the early apples, known for their rapid deterioration once off the tree. They ripen even earlier there given their continental climate. Eating apples are a common roadside tree, and whoever can be bothered can pick them.

"Sally Thompson" wrote in message
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On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 12:19:55 +0100, mike. buckley wrote
(in article ):

Well it turns out the apple tree in my new garden is an eater. :-)

It also looks like to be an early version of whatever it is, but it
seems very very early to start picking apples. They're already nice and
sweet and about half of them have a nice shade of red, they're also
starting to fall in greater numbers and will twist off easily.

So - should I leave them or start munching? Well, cutting out the maggot
trails first anyway...



I read somewhere that English apples are ready about 6 weeks early this
year
- so I would try one!

Can someone tell me when Laxton Superb are ready for eating please?

--
Kathy

It's pointless to try and discuss ethics with a spider.

Kathy writes
Can someone tell me when Laxton Superb are ready for eating please?

Ripe Dec-Jan, keeping till Feb/Mar
--
Kay

mike. buckley wrote:
Well it turns out the apple tree in my new garden is an eater. :-)

It also looks like to be an early version of whatever it is, but it
seems very very early to start picking apples. They're already nice and
sweet and about half of them have a nice shade of red, they're also
starting to fall in greater numbers and will twist off easily.

That sounds a bit like Discovery (in the shops now). Take a look at one
fo the online resources with photos of apples for ID. eg.

http://www.orangepippin.com/varietyindex2.aspx

So - should I leave them or start munching? Well, cutting out the maggot
trails first anyway...

If they taste ripe and are not bitter then they should be OK. Early
apples do not keep well and are best munched from the tree (or just
underneath since they tend to drop off in profusion when ripe).

Used to have an unknown early small aromatic pure red apple withslightly
pinkish flesh in our previous garden.

Regards,
Martin Brown

On Aug 4, 9:37*am, Martin Brown
wrote:
mike. buckley wrote:
Well it turns out the apple tree in my new garden is an eater. :-)

It also looks like to be an early version of whatever it is, but it
seems very very early to start picking apples. They're already nice and
sweet and about half of them have a nice shade of red, they're also
starting to fall in greater numbers and will twist off easily.

That sounds a bit like Discovery (in the shops now). Take a look at one
fo the online resources with photos of apples for ID. eg.

http://www.orangepippin.com/varietyindex2.aspx



So - should I leave them or start munching? Well, cutting out the maggot
trails first anyway...

If they taste ripe and are not bitter then they should be OK. Early
apples do not keep well and are best munched from the tree (or just
underneath since they tend to drop off in profusion when ripe).

Used to have an unknown early small aromatic pure red apple withslightly
pinkish flesh in our previous garden.

Regards,
Martin Brown

My grandmother used to have an apple tree in her back garden which
bore really large fruit, at least as big as a Bramley cooking apple
but bright yellow. They did not keep very well because they were not
crisp but they tasted great. I dont think she ever found out which
variety they were.

On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 07:33:57 -0700 (PDT), sutartsorric
wrote:


My grandmother used to have an apple tree in her back garden which
bore really large fruit, at least as big as a Bramley cooking apple
but bright yellow. They did not keep very well because they were not
crisp but they tasted great. I dont think she ever found out which
variety they were.

It might well have been a "Morgan Sweet".

Popular in yer West country orchards they were.

http://www.orangepippin.com/apples/morgan-sweet.aspx


--
®óñ© © ²°¹°-°¹

"K" wrote in message
...
Kathy writes
Can someone tell me when Laxton Superb are ready for eating please?

Ripe Dec-Jan, keeping till Feb/Mar

Thanks. It's obvious, even to a newbie to gardening like me, that they
aren't ready yet, but I didn't know when.

--
Kathy

It's pointless to try and discuss ethics with a spider.

Kathy writes

"K" wrote in message
...
Kathy writes
Can someone tell me when Laxton Superb are ready for eating please?

Ripe Dec-Jan, keeping till Feb/Mar

Thanks. It's obvious, even to a newbie to gardening like me, that they
aren't ready yet, but I didn't know when.

You'll need to pick them before December (before they get frosted) and
let them ripen in storage. Leave them on the tree as long as you dare.
--
Kay

"K" wrote in message
...
Kathy writes

"K" wrote in message
...
Kathy writes
Can someone tell me when Laxton Superb are ready for eating please?

Ripe Dec-Jan, keeping till Feb/Mar

Thanks. It's obvious, even to a newbie to gardening like me, that they
aren't ready yet, but I didn't know when.

You'll need to pick them before December (before they get frosted) and let
them ripen in storage. Leave them on the tree as long as you dare.

Ah. For the past few years we've had a frost in November [as a change from
the fog/rain combination of the rest of the month :-}], so we'll have to
keep an eye on the forcasts. Thanks.

--
Kathy

It's pointless to try and discuss ethics with a spider.

K wrote:
Kathy writes

"K" wrote in message
...
Kathy writes
Can someone tell me when Laxton Superb are ready for eating please?

Ripe Dec-Jan, keeping till Feb/Mar

Thanks. It's obvious, even to a newbie to gardening like me, that they
aren't ready yet, but I didn't know when.

You'll need to pick them before December (before they get frosted) and

and before the birds ravage them :-(

let them ripen in storage. Leave them on the tree as long as you dare.
--
Kay