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How do you like them apples?
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"No idea what they're called, but they grow in my mum's neighbours tree.
Shop bought.. Pink Lady here too
Have you been scrumping apples?! "
Not since I was a kid & the local Bobby dragged my home by the scruff of my neck!
The tree is right by the fence, hangs onto my mums patio, they just fall into my hands! |
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over a year ago
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Pink lady are probably the best you can buy from a shop. But there's nothing like a proper small, sharp unknown apple picked straight from a tree, when the pink from the skin goes right through to the flesh  |
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The Pink Lady is a cross between a Golden Delicious and a Lady William. The man who first made one was John Cripps. He took the Pink Lady® name from his favourite novel, Nicholas Monsarrat’s The Cruel Sea. In this story, the hero savours a cocktail called ‘Pink Lady’. |
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Apart from the Bramleys we're currently enjoying in crumbles with some of our plums, this is the first harvest from a hybrid eater grown specifically with cider making in mind, so they're not as sweet as shop bought varieties, but great to eat straight from the branch, love them!  |
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"Granny Smith with peanut butter on! Just try it.
I've actually just had that for the first time today! M&S snack. Was yummy
They stole my idea!? "
Yep. Only £1.20 too! |
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"Granny Smith with peanut butter on! Just try it.
I've actually just had that for the first time today! M&S snack. Was yummy
They stole my idea!?
Yep. Only £1.20 too! "
Bastards. I'm going to write s strongly worded letter |
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"Granny Smith with peanut butter on! Just try it.
I've actually just had that for the first time today! M&S snack. Was yummy
They stole my idea!?
Yep. Only £1.20 too!
Bastards. I'm going to write s strongly worded letter"
There you go, I've occupied you Saturday night for you  |
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"Granny Smith with peanut butter on! Just try it.
I've actually just had that for the first time today! M&S snack. Was yummy
They stole my idea!?
Yep. Only £1.20 too!
Bastards. I'm going to write s strongly worded letter
There you go, I've occupied you Saturday night for you "
Nothing I enjoy more than spending my Saturday night writing letters complaining to companies. Makes my life seem fulfilled  |
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"When I was young I remember eating Russet apples (I think that was the name) they were lovely! "
Growing up around Evesham I was spoilt for choice.
Russets are lovely but they have rough skin.
You can't beat a cox at this time of year. |
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The ones on the tree by the pond are good eaters.
The brambeley hasn’t done so well this year but it usually gives apple big enough to only need a couple for a pie.
The orchard (it ok it only has 25 trees) had its cider apples collected yesterday.
The joys of living in Somerset. |
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over a year ago
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We have a tree called Truly Scrumptious... and they really are! Thin skinned red apples that dye the flesh a bit pink, crisp and sweet like a pink lady and just the right size for kids, my son can't get enough of them. |
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By *G LanaTV/TS
over a year ago
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The tastiest will undoubtedly be a variety virtually nobody has heard of given that there are hundreds of varieties. The apples sold in supermarkets are carieties which have been breed for storage and trasportation characteristics and will have all been picked before their prime. This is needed as they are then often going to be in cold, very low oxygen storage for many months before having a few days before sale when they are brought out to made sale ready. All of this means tgat you are comprimising a bit on taste.
The best variety I have tried was Old Cornish which is a very aromatic apple with a crisp green apple aftertaste, a bit like a breaburn but with a much richer taste on the initial bite, unfortunately they hard to store so not of commercial interest. |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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We've had a spate of Apple Days here (two last weekend, one today and one tomorrow that I know about).
Apparently, there are enough English varieties of apple to have a different one every day for six years.
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