tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post1001195206635968637..comments2024-03-28T16:58:12.008-07:00Comments on Codlinsandcream2: In Praise of ApplesBovey Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-9808145652923754302010-10-21T22:52:33.083-07:002010-10-21T22:52:33.083-07:00I love apples too and have half a tree to deal wit...I love apples too and have half a tree to deal with! Most have been cooked and used in the bramble jellies and pies, but the other half - well, I'm at a loss. I think some preserving is on the cards :D<br /><br />I love the books about old apples and I'm sure your cider will be lovely :DYarrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06662236319781194283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-49579502394256189412010-10-21T12:38:42.206-07:002010-10-21T12:38:42.206-07:00Oh the wonderful apple. The smell, taste and heft ...Oh the wonderful apple. The smell, taste and heft of the thing.<br />Give me a knarled and twisty old apple tree that still bears a few apples and I will be one rich woman!ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615254210131699811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-75557273977478738292010-10-21T11:06:49.146-07:002010-10-21T11:06:49.146-07:00More than an apple a day here! You've reminded...More than an apple a day here! You've reminded me, I have a Russet to eat in a minute - they don't appear in the shops for long, and are probably an acquired taste, but the ones I bought this week are delicious...Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-86984156922714313492010-10-21T06:32:09.476-07:002010-10-21T06:32:09.476-07:00When the photo of apples popped up on my previewer...When the photo of apples popped up on my previewer I inwardly groaned--being still in my "what will I do today?" mode. Instant recall of the bag of Cortland apples in the basement which need to be promptly turned into sauce.<br />The only apple name which I recognize in your post is the Golden Delicious--would you think apple varieties would be so different on opposite sides of the Atlantic?<br />There were a few old neglected trees that remained from a home orchard on my grandfather's farm when I was growing up. Most of them were gnarly and wormy, but one tree still bore very round yellow fruit which turned russet as they ripened. My grampa liked them as baked apples. <br />On the back road near the farm which J. and I "owned" years ago was a strawberry sort of apple such as you describe.<br />The trees in our yard here have been disappointing in spite of beautiful bloom. I expect they need a severe pruning. One is sprawled sidewise on its stump and seems feeble.<br />I believe that having a productive home orchard is not as simple as the nursery catalogs would have us think.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.com