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Bountiful cooking apple with a strange flesh inside
belinda.ahmedfamily
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in Fruit & veg
These apples appeared ripe, the right skin colour and came off the tree with hardly a touch. However, upon cutting open then flesh has a huge amount of 'clear' patches....any ideas anyone? Can they be used or not? The apple tree is new this year and produced about 8 decent sized fruit.
Many thanks
Last edited: 13 September 2016 13:09:13
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Look up 'watercore'. Prevalent around ripening time when weather's hot. Some varieties more susceptible. Heavy watering around August time would help. A bit late now, of course, but something to bear in mind for next year.
H-C
Thanks to you both! After reading your replies, they were made into a pie and totally delicious. It has been a hot summer down south, and STILL is
) With them being new trees and having some watering, but with their root systems not large I guess this was the reason. A delicacy in Japan ey......I've created something special !! LOL
Last edited: 14 September 2016 09:22:40