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I haven't been bothered to report this until now, but I suppose I ought to:
I'm up to 10 litres of "windfalls" from my Beauty of Bath apple tree now (they're not really windfalls; the damn tree just sheds them before they're properly ripe).
They're good for cooking, and if you leave them somewhere warm for about 3 or 4 days they usually ripen enough to eat raw.
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Originally posted by ameno View PostI haven't been bothered to report this until now, but I suppose I ought to:
I'm up to 10 litres of "windfalls" from my Beauty of Bath apple tree now (they're not really windfalls; the damn tree just sheds them before they're properly ripe).
Harvest yesterday, the rest of the Charlottes (great year, good yield, good quality), beetroot and spring onions.
Location ... Nottingham
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Originally posted by Mr Bones View Post
Isn't that June drop. Our trees (and the ones round us) drop anytime from June into July. They're still dropping.
These are pretty much fully grown but not yet fully ripe apples (the seeds inside are brown and mature) falling off by the dozen.
It's a problem endemic to Beauty of Bath (which sadly I didn't know about when I bought the tree), possibly exacerbated by the tree being on an M27 rootstock. This variety is known for its propensity for early shedding. It seems to be a stalk problem: the stalks are very weak and easily severed from the tree, and they are also very short. So if you get much wind, the apples just fall off, if the tree is knocked, the apples fall off, and if the shoulders of the apple grow up above the height of the stalk (which they often do), then the apple will lever itself off the tree.
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Not strictly harvested, but I have been working in the garden all day and to keep me sustained I've eaten almost an entire gooseberry bush and jolly nice it was too!Nestled somewhere in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Good soil, strong winds and 4 Giant Puffballs!
Always aim for the best result possible not the best possible result
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