Apple crops

[Matthew Arnold]

Judging by the amount and size of apples on the trees on the trailway. Its gonna be a very good year for scrumping.

[hedgesparrow]

are they scrumpy apples or cookers look cookers yum apple pie and crumble in abundance

[djbobbins]

Good crop on my tree, some sod trimmed the eating apple tree at the end of the street though so not much going on there...

 

 

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[Matthew Arnold]

are they scrumpy apples or cookers look cookers yum apple pie and crumble in abundance

 

A mixture of both i think. Got some plum and damsons which are heavily laden but the Gold and greengage are very light this year at the moment.

[bobh]

They look like Morgans to me, can be a lovely apple.

Great crop up here as well, on the pears as well.

Only trouble is the pear tree is a good 20' and I'm trying to work out how to pick them, have got a really good 7 meter pole for painting houses, has the standard threaded paint roller end on it. What I'm trying to find is a fruit picking attachment that takes that fitting.

[farmer rod]

anyone on here make their own cider?

[Mycoman]

anyone on here make their own cider?

 

I do, and cookers make great cider too. Pick them from the ground, rather than the tree, for max sugar content.

[woody paul]

To much fruit on a tree not a good thing, broken limbs and trees loose there shape and a job to re-balance them some times. Customer got me to reduce a Bramley the other day never seen so many apples on one tree landed up picking up about 8cwt in all and there was still a lot left on tree. Took the to a mate to feed to his pigs recycling at its best.