What to do with windfall apples?
 

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

What to do with windfall apples?
 

Steve Harris writes
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?

Undamaged ripe windfalls and the undamaged bits of ripe ones can be used
as normal.

If they're not yet ripe, then you can try juicing them, or chopping them
up and adding to curies and rich stews. You can probably also use them
in chutney.

If they're very unripe, then I haven't yet found a use, and they might
as well go on the heap.
--
Kay

What to do with windfall apples?
 

"Steve Harris" wrote in message
...
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?


Make scrumpy :-) Or just press them for juice.

Steve

What to do with windfall apples?
 

"Steve Harris" wrote in message
...
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

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

What to do with windfall apples?
 

In message , K
writes
Steve Harris writes
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?

Undamaged ripe windfalls and the undamaged bits of ripe ones can be
used as normal.


My (probably) Discovery tree is shedding just at the right rate for me
to cut out the insecty bits and eat a couple a day. Given what's left on
the tree I might have to up that to around 10 a day before the end of
August. Might have a go at making apple sauce.

Bit disappointed on the amount of damage and this is putting me off
dropping some round to the neigbours lest they think I'm trying to do
them in. I'm sure eating apples off trees when I was a kid didn't have
this kind of problem - or maybe I just ate it anyway.

--
Mike Buckley
RD350LC2
CB72

What to do with windfall apples?
 

On Aug 17, 8:14*pm, "mike. buckley" wrote:

Bit disappointed on the amount of damage and this is putting me off
dropping some round to the neigbours lest they think I'm trying to do
them in. I'm sure eating apples off trees when I was a kid didn't have
this kind of problem - or maybe I just ate it anyway.

It was the meat in the apples that made us big strong boys!

What to do with windfall apples?
 

"Steve Harris" wrote in message
...
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

I see you have plenty of responses for culinary use. However, for those
really damaged fruit, why not put them out for the birds. You could also
chop some up, add a little sugar and put it for hungry butterflies.

Spider

What to do with windfall apples?
 

"moghouse" wrote in message
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On Aug 17, 8:14 pm, "mike. buckley" wrote:

Bit disappointed on the amount of damage and this is putting me off
dropping some round to the neigbours lest they think I'm trying to do
them in. I'm sure eating apples off trees when I was a kid didn't have
this kind of problem - or maybe I just ate it anyway.

It was the meat in the apples that made us big strong boys!

What's worse than finding a grub in an apple?
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Finding half a grub in an apple.

Steve

What to do with windfall apples?
 

mike. buckley writes
In message , K

Undamaged ripe windfalls and the undamaged bits of ripe ones can be
used as normal.


My (probably) Discovery tree is shedding just at the right rate for me
to cut out the insecty bits and eat a couple a day. Given what's left
on the tree I might have to up that to around 10 a day before the end
of August. Might have a go at making apple sauce.

If you've got a blender or smoothie maker, you could try juicing them.

Bit disappointed on the amount of damage and this is putting me off
dropping some round to the neigbours lest they think I'm trying to do
them in. I'm sure eating apples off trees when I was a kid didn't have
this kind of problem - or maybe I just ate it anyway.

I get the feeling that the tree sheds the damaged ones first. There are
a far higher proportion of bird-pecked apples amongst my windfalls than
amongst the ones I pick from the tree.
--
Kay

What to do with windfall apples?
 

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:59:07 +0100, Spider wrote:

You could also chop some up, add a little sugar and put it for hungry
butterflies.

And wasps. B-) Then the fruit starts to ferment and you have drunk
wasps, now they are rather unpredictable...

--
Cheers
Dave.

What to do with windfall apples?
 

In article ,
(K) wrote:

If they're not yet ripe, then you can try juicing them, or chopping
them up and adding to curies and rich stews. You can probably also use
them in chutney.

May give that a go! Thanks :-)

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

What to do with windfall apples?
 

On Aug 17, 9:19*pm, "shazzbat"
wrote:

It was the meat in the apples that made us big strong boys!

What's worse than finding a grub in an apple?
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Finding half a grub in an apple.

This aspect of the thread has reminded me of our local butcher just
after the war, when rationing was still in force. He used to tell the
housewives about how one of his witty customers had told him that
there was more meat in a pound of windfalls than there was in a pound
his sausages. My mother could not understand that I thought the funny
bit was, that having told the story, the butcher always added "Mind
you, it ain't true, of course".

What to do with windfall apples?
 

"Spider" wrote in message
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"Steve Harris" wrote in message
...
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

I see you have plenty of responses for culinary use. However, for those
really damaged fruit, why not put them out for the birds. You could also
chop some up, add a little sugar and put it for hungry butterflies.


You've just reminded me, a friend with a large freezer freezes them and puts
them out a few at a time, once they've thawed, for the blackbirds in the
middle of winter when there isn't a lot to eat.

s.

What to do with windfall apples?
 

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

What to do with windfall apples?
 

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