It could well be a Bramley, Birdy, but the yellow fruit on the left side of the tree looks a bit pointy in shape and puckered (yes, I did say puckered) at the flower end. My Bramleys are a bit more doughnut shaped than that. Also, though it may just be position in UK, my Bramleys are nowhere near ripe yet.
Incidentally, you lot in the "Indian summer" sun will be glad to know that here it is grey, cool and with just a threat of rain for the afternoon looking likely. And we're painting the house!
Yes, we could drop Dilbert in. a bucket of water. Enjoying the poem very much, though when I said let's have a poetry corner I never expected us to need quite such a big corner to put it in.
Many old trees are biennial croppers - that is they give a very heavy crop one year, and virtually nothing the next. I'm lucky, with three very old trees (no idea of variety) when one is cropping heavily the others are "resting" so we always have plenty of fruit to spare. The extreme weathere of the last few years has upset a lot of old trees though as they have struggles to cope first with waterlogging then with drought.
Perhaps you should just leave it be - and maybe wassail it with s few friends for encouragement!
These Bramleys are about the size of a healthy cricket ball, admittedly I well below the sizes they can reach. But they seem to be ripe - they certainly make wonderful stewed apple or a fruit compôte, and have just the right amount of tartness before adding sugar.
Lovely. They don't look anything like the apples on my tree though. There's no hint of red on any of them, and they are about tennis ball rather than cricket ball size! Tried to get a close up of one on the tree but it hey are all too far away! Btw We are in Cardiff so way down south.
Can I hijack and ask about my apple tree? This year it was set upon by small black things that made the leaves all shrivelled It has produced some tiny apples, which I think I will discard, however, my question is, should I cut off the dead shrivelled leaves or leave them to fall off by themselves in Autumn?
I appreciate that I have not perhaps treated my tree well, but it is my first year of owning it (new house & new to gardening)
Not an expert 4thPanda, but I think we're at the right time of year for summer pruning anyway (see buttons for 'How to' and 'what to daddress at top of page).
I hope someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I imagine removing growth using recommended summer pruning techniques will get rid of a lot of damaged material and then go round again taking off any diseased leaves that haven't been pruned off - they're never going to be anything but trouble.
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It could well be a Bramley, Birdy, but the yellow fruit on the left side of the tree looks a bit pointy in shape and puckered (yes, I did say puckered) at the flower end. My Bramleys are a bit more doughnut shaped than that. Also, though it may just be position in UK, my Bramleys are nowhere near ripe yet.
Incidentally, you lot in the "Indian summer" sun will be glad to know that here it is grey, cool and with just a threat of rain for the afternoon looking likely. And we're painting the house!
Yes, we could drop Dilbert in. a bucket of water. Enjoying the poem very much, though when I said let's have a poetry corner I never expected us to need quite such a big corner to put it in.
Many old trees are biennial croppers - that is they give a very heavy crop one year, and virtually nothing the next. I'm lucky, with three very old trees (no idea of variety) when one is cropping heavily the others are "resting" so we always have plenty of fruit to spare. The extreme weathere of the last few years has upset a lot of old trees though as they have struggles to cope first with waterlogging then with drought.
Perhaps you should just leave it be - and maybe wassail it with s few friends for encouragement!
These Bramleys are about the size of a healthy cricket ball, admittedly I well below the sizes they can reach. But they seem to be ripe - they certainly make wonderful stewed apple or a fruit compôte, and have just the right amount of tartness before adding sugar.
Beautiful apples, Birdy. Are they yours?
Sorry, couldn't resist that. Mine are not half so well groomed.
It's a question of knowing how to pose the subject to optimise the visual effect...
I only show off my best ones, Waterbutts.
I could've shown you the manky old windfalls but that wouldn't have done it for you, would it?
Lovely. They don't look anything like the apples on my tree though. There's no hint of red on any of them, and they are about tennis ball rather than cricket ball size! Tried to get a close up of one on the tree but it hey are all too far away! Btw We are in Cardiff so way down south.
They don't look anything like the apples on my tree either, and it's a Bramley.
Sorry Waterbutts - whose apple are you identifying as a Bramley? Eh? EH?
(sorry again, was I shouting?)
Can I hijack and ask about my apple tree? This year it was set upon by small black things that made the leaves all shrivelled
It has produced some tiny apples, which I think I will discard, however, my question is, should I cut off the dead shrivelled leaves or leave them to fall off by themselves in Autumn?
I appreciate that I have not perhaps treated my tree well, but it is my first year of owning it (new house & new to gardening)
Not an expert 4thPanda, but I think we're at the right time of year for summer pruning anyway (see buttons for 'How to' and 'what to daddress at top of page).
I hope someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I imagine removing growth using recommended summer pruning techniques will get rid of a lot of damaged material and then go round again taking off any diseased leaves that haven't been pruned off - they're never going to be anything but trouble.