How are the veggies coming along?

[gary112]

Today’s offerings 

[sime42]

Today’s offerings 

Apple's already? They seem early.

[gary112]

23 minutes ago, sime42 said:

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Apple's already? They seem early.

yeah bit early,Discovery and Rosette,had a fair few already

[sime42]

I'm eagerly waiting for my first ever Russets to be ready..I grafted some on to a tree a couple of years ago so well pleased to have fruit already.

[gary112]

1 minute ago, sime42 said:

I'm eagerly waiting for my first ever Russets to be ready..I grafted some on to a tree a couple of years ago so well pleased to have fruit already.

Russet is a lovely tasting apple

[sime42]

That's what I've always thought, distinctive too. Seems to be getting increasingly hard to find in the shops though.

[scbk]

Still waiting for my first ripe tomato of the year, and that's in the greenhouse 

 

One of the apple trees planted in march this year has 2 lovely looking apples on it already, think that one is an Arthur Turner.

[gary112]

9 hours ago, sime42 said:

That's what I've always thought, distinctive too. Seems to be getting increasingly hard to find in the shops though.

You don,t see many old varieties in the shops anymore,people want things too perfect looking now.Ellisons Orange and Cox,s Orange are two of my favourites aswell

[openspaceman]

38 minutes ago, gary112 said:

You don,t see many old varieties in the shops anymore,people want things too perfect looking now.Ellisons Orange and Cox,s Orange are two of my favourites aswell

Are all  modern apples grafted?

 

Russets seem to stay on the tree ripening well into the autumn, my old boss planted up a small orchard which included russets 25 years ago which I could freely pick as most fall to waste but too far to make a soecial trip now.

 

We have an old tree, which suffers from blossom wilt/brown rot,  which ripens early and the apples don't keep. I have been juicing them to get some benefit from them as they drop but it doensn't appear to be grafted.

 

One of the things that strikes me is what a good job apple growers do of storing them so they are available year round.

[sime42]

(I'm no expert but) I think most apple trees these days are grafted. Certainly commercial orchards, and most bought at garden centres etc for domestic use. The root stock controls the size and vigour of the overall tree. A crucial consideration in a cramped urban garden or orchard where productivity per square meter is key.

I agree about apple storing, and other fruit. It's impressive what they can do these days. The fact that we can buy English apples almost year round these days. It's all about the atmosphere and maybe temperature that they're stored in I believe.