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tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 05 1:19 pm Post subject:
We've got about 14 varieties in the fridge at the mo.

Res

Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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Location: Allotment Shed, Harlow

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 05 1:24 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

We've got about 14 varieties in the fridge at the mo.

You know, the neighbours are going to start complaining about their apples disapearing Tahir!

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 05 1:27 pm Post subject:
I've been tempted to jump the fence so theirs don't just end up rotting on the floor but have resisted so far

bernie-woman

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: shropshire

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 05 1:29 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

We've got about 14 varieties in the fridge at the mo.

Why in the fridge? is that an Essex thing

Just eaten an early windsor - yummm!! still to pick my one and only laxtons superb

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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Location: Leeds

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 05 1:40 pm Post subject:
He is serious about his apples. He has an apple fridge like some have a beer fridge.

Res

Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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Location: Allotment Shed, Harlow

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 05 1:41 pm Post subject:

I was out this morning picking up some 8'x4' pallets, for recycling over my mate Pepe's allotment (he needs to built shelter for his prize Dalias) and a few for me. At the collection point, I noticed an apple tree up on the side embankment that had medium sized dark red (fully red) apples hanging from it (it was the windfalls rotting in the yard that gave it away

). I had one, for purely research purposes you understand

) and it had pure white flesh that stained red as you bit into it and was sweet and a bit acidy, maybe too acidy for my likeing, but nice all the same

Any idea what it might be Tahir?

I rember you discribing one like that on another thread, one of your own I think?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 05 1:47 pm Post subject:
Wasn't me it was someone else, Red Devil I believe

Res

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Location: Allotment Shed, Harlow

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 05 1:51 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Wasn't me it was someone else,

oops!

Thanks anyway!

Res

Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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Location: Allotment Shed, Harlow

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 05 1:53 pm Post subject:

Behemoth wrote:

He is serious about his apples. He has an apple fridge like some have a beer fridge.

"shall we crack open a couple of apples!" doesnt really have the same ring though

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45715
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 05 1:59 pm Post subject:

bernie wrote:

Why in the fridge? is that an Essex thing

Cos we only buy every 3 weeks or so, keep replenishing the apple basket from the fridge

thos

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
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Location: Jauche, Duchy of Brabant (Bourgogne-ci) and Charolles, Duchy of Burgundy (Bourgogne-�a)

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 05 2:05 pm Post subject:

My local orchard has been selling since mid-September, fairly whipping through the varieties. The Jonagolds are now out, which will be the main crop until January. Last week they were full-flavoured but very tarty, they are now awaiting cooking as the new ones are much better - they picked them too soon.

We keep ours in the kitchen. A few days at room temperature makes them much tastier.

They are always 75c per Kg, from September to January, but they are better quality now, so it is worth freezing some for winter pies.

Their Conference pears are also very tasty - they were disappointing last year.

ele

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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Location: Derby

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 05 3:44 pm Post subject:
Can anyone recommend a website that shows the different English apples with photos? I checked out the Links but couldn't find one there and tried googling but most sites have lists without pics. Or failing that I could post a picture and someone could hazard a guess

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45715
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 05 3:50 pm Post subject:
www.brogdale.org has a searchable database with lots of photos but they've got over 2000 varieties... If you want a real ID I'd go to your nearest apple day, take a couple of apples (including stalk) But if you fancy posting pics we could have a go at guessing

ele

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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Location: Derby

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 05 4:21 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

But if you fancy posting pics we could have a go at guessing

here you go then, it's always nice to have pics

I doubt they're anything too rare or fancy. I put the pear in as well, cos I'm not sure what that is either, it doesn't taste or look quite like a conference. The smaller apple tasted very good and sweet though went brown immediately, the bigger one was less flavoured. I'm not a very descriptive food critic

ele

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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Location: Derby

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 05 4:51 pm Post subject:
I'm guessing the little one is an egremont russet or something like that forgot to say they're not what I've grown but what I bought so I only wondered if anyone had off the top of their head guesses

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