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Apple Tree

powderworkspowderworks Posts: 51
in Problem solving
An odd question but a serious one nevertheless. Why are so many apples laying so far from the tree ? Obviously they're laying directly below it as well but there seems to be so many some distance away...and not downhill either.
And dogs can't be blamed.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Could there be a clue in the word ‘windfalls’ I wonder 🤔 
    😉 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • powderworkspowderworks Posts: 51
    @Dovefromabove
    Which would account for those laying directly underneath the tree.
    But windfall doesn't exactly describe those laying yards away, over a fence having rolled up hill 
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Squirrels and foxes will carry them away from the tree.
  • StephenSouthwestStephenSouthwest Posts: 635
    Many varieties of apple grow long thin legs and run about in the night... that's what those brown dots are the indicator of...
    It's why some of them are called crab apples...
  • rowlandscastle444rowlandscastle444 Posts: 2,612
    Certainly if it were very windy, and these apples were at the top of the tree at one point, it is possible that they were catapulted that far, allowing for a significant roll after the initial landing - even though you say it's not downhill.
    However, it would seem more likely that they have been moved by some type of creature - whether that be four-legged or two-legged !!
    Children do like to play a joke. Self included, as I've done something very similar to my wife - then, with a straight face, asked her if she can explain it. 
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