Bramley apples - early fallers useless?
rhian811
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At least we think it's a Bramley! We know they are cooking apples anyway. The tree is well overdue a prune so this will be done at the end of the season, attached a pic of the tree for reference. There's another tree behind it in our neighbour's garden, so don't let that fool you!
we have been thinning out the apples as we go, some are still falling each day and they are now quite large but definitely not at all ripe.. my question is, other than diced in the compost heap is there any way to use the early fallers? I've searched high and low but no where seems to suggest there is, just didn't want to waste them if they would be good for something, even if it's not culinary!
thanks in advance.
for reference we aren't just lazy... we moved in to our bungalow at the end of March, when it was too late to prune, the apple tree belonged tinny grandfather who lived here before us 
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Apple chutney!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Is there a different recipe or process to follow if they are early/not ripe?
Suck it and see! What I'd do is core a couple of the doubtful apples next time you're using the oven and put them in. If they're not worth eating, you've lost nothing. I should think you could use them for apple sauce or jelly.
Marvellous, I will give it a go And let you know the results