The decent start to October has continued. The mornings have started off a bit dull and cloudy but generally we've had some sunny periods through the day.
On a quick trip to the plot on Tuesday afternoon I managed to pick another bucket full of apples from our apple hedge.
We inherited our apple hedge over twenty years ago now and we don't know the varieties that were planted. We assume that they will be standard type varieties as searching out unusual apple varieties on the Internet wasn't an option when these trees were planted.
I'm not sure of this variety and I think we've changed our minds several times over the years as to what it might be. It doesn't seem to go rosy red and is rather a tart apple but I'm not totally convinced that it's a baking apple. My best guess at the minute is that it may be a Laxton's Superb.
For the moment the apples have been boxed up and will be stored in our summerhouse for a few weeks. It will be interesting to see how the apples keep over the next few weeks.
Has anybody any other suggestions regarding what variety these apples might be?
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Apples look good... My friend and I collect quite a lot of hedge apples when walking.. Its quite an experience tasting them...
ReplyDeleteIsn't it amazing the variety of taste that different apples have?
DeleteWell Martyn, whatever variety you have, it looks like there is a good clean harvest for storage and future enjoyment :)
ReplyDeleteRunning out of storage space rather than fruit to store. We've got more apples to pick then pears and quinces. What a problem to have!!!
DeleteI hope the apple tree I have just bought will be as prolific!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the tree Mark. These cordon trees have been producing apples for over 20 years now and we didn't even have to buy them.
DeleteThe apples look so fresh! Are there apples for tart? I didn't know.... Here we just buy any apples that's going on discount price ! ahhahahaa....
ReplyDeleteIn the UK we have varieties of apples referred to as cooking apples. These apples tend to break down into a pulp when cooked unlike other eating apples which stay firm even when cooked. Cooking apples are normally a bit more sour to the taste than a normal eating apple. Like you we use any apples for cooking.
DeleteThere is a way to find out for sure. The National Fruit Collection at Brogdale offers and apple and pear identification service. You just have to send them a suitable sample and pay a small fee (£20) and they'll run some tests, check out the genetics, that sort of thing: http://www.brogdalecollections.org/fruit-identification/
ReplyDeleteIt might be more fun to keep on trying to guess the varieties we've got.
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