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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex
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The trees that cropped had huge crops, so big on a few that they fell over, so always stake your trees, even on M106. |
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Stacey
Joined: 18 Jul 2005
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Location: Kernow
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We didn't have a single apple from 6 trees  |
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bernie-woman
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7755
Location: shropshire
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We have had a great crop from our little trees this year - one of them broke last year with the weight of the fruit due to me not thinning at all  - all of mine have proper stakes now  |
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colour it green
Joined: 25 Jun 2007
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Location: Devon, uk
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not a huge crop here .. think a late frost ... |
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yummersetter
Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 1407
Location: Somerset<>West London
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Zillions the task of gathering, storing and preserving is a bit daunting though. Very tasty and juicy this year.
Some of my M25 standards are developing a lean to the west, 15 years after planting and they are winning the battle with the stakes I tried to straighten them with. When we've got the digger in to make the bridge to the new land I'm going to get them to scoop up the American Mother tree which is now at 45 degrees and I'll replant it elsewhere, with good stakage - not till I've done the easy-peasy picking though. No ladder needed for that one. |
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 09 10:00 am Post subject: |
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What's AM like? |
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Faithmead
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Posts: 421
Location: Carmarthenshire/Pembrokeshire border
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| Stacey wrote: |
| We didn't have a single apple from 6 trees |
Neither did we.....but we now know we should have pruned them over last winter!!!!.......so, still learning lots. |
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yummersetter
Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 1407
Location: Somerset<>West London
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| tahir wrote: |
| What's AM like? |
not quite ripe yet, a week or two more, perfectly nice but not exceptional. It's attractive, good red colour and would be a good apple to sell (if only Mother's Day was in the autumn it would make loads of money, we could just call it Mother!). Flavour now is similar to Lord Lamborne, slightly less aromatic than James Grieve and Fortune, which are my current stars of the orchard. But it is a good year so the tastes may develop a bit more yet. |
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 38250
Location: Essex
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 09 11:49 am Post subject: |
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Harvested Red Windsor yesterday, good apple, lots of flavour, good looking, some had gone a bit pappy so I guess we were a week or so too late, especially for storage. I'd recommend this one too. |
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex
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| yummersetter wrote: |
| But it is a good year so the tastes may develop a bit more yet. |
Let us know if it does, any chance of a pic? |
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yummersetter
Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 1407
Location: Somerset<>West London
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I could send one ( apple, I mean) when I'm next home
or is that coals to Newcastle? |
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 38250
Location: Essex
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I'd love to try one, never planted it (mainly cos I've never tasted a good American apple, the best US variety I've tried is Honeycrisp), so yes please |
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sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 28908
Location: North Devon
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Are you going to get a separate fridge for guest apples? |
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yummersetter
Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 1407
Location: Somerset<>West London
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OK, OK I'll wash all the bugs off first. Just this once. |
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex
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| Posted: Mon Sep 28, 09 9:04 am Post subject: |
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| sean wrote: |
| Are you going to get a separate fridge for guest apples? |
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