[Magdalen] apples

[Charles Wohlers]

Cider usually needs a mixture of varieties. One year we pressed straight 
Macs, and it was pretty bad cider. Adding some wild apples improved it a 
whole lot.

Taste one. Does it taste good? Or unripe sour? If the latter, toss them in 
the compost pile, preferably far away from the tree. If the former, 
applesauce or Jay's suggestion of apple butter sound good. IIRC, Winesaps 
are really great dessert apples, but not particularly good for pies.

Understand that apple trees normally drop a fair number of apples early, 
especially if there are a lot on the tree to begin with. However, in your 
climate, that usually would have happened last month. Up here, it was a week 
or two ago.

Me, I'll have to wait a few months for my Sweet 16's. Meanwhile, started 
picking blueberries (wild & cultivated) and red raspberries today.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Marion Thompson
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2017 9:41 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] apples

Isn't cider a good use?  Get out the cider press ....

Marion, a pilgrim


On 7/29/2017 9:33 PM, P. Dan Brittain wrote:
> Looking for suggestion for using windfall.
>
> I'm getting a bunch of fall, I think mostly due to the very high heat we
> have had.
>
> This variety is winesap, which usually don't ripen till mid-October, so 
> the
> fallen fruit aren't that close, though some have a decent appearance.
> (Everything else was early this year, so I suspect these will be too).
>
>