Tuesday 20 August 2019

Lost In The Gales - One Apple Tree

It was very windy when we were at the allotment on Thursday afternoon and on Friday it rained for most of the day meaning gardening was on hold. It wasn't until Saturday morning when I headed up the garden to see if anything needed watering in our cold frames that I discovered the damage caused by the gale.


I found that I couldn't get to our coldframes as they were covered by one of our apple trees. The gales on Thursday had obviously been too much for it, in full leaf and ladened with apples, the trunk had snapped off somewhere around the graft. We think the apples were a variety called Peasgood Nonsuch which we bought many years ago. 
The tree has now been cut up and the apples, which weighed in at 20kg, boxed up. We will have to see how long they will keep.
Some of the apples are damaged and will need using quickly. It's a shame about the tree as the apples it produced were very good for cooking. We'll have to make best use of the last ever apples the tree will produce.

Copyright: Original post from A Gardener's Weather Diary http://ossettweather.blogspot.co.uk/ author M Garrett

Posted by Martyn at 09:20

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