Apple tree

Hi all, I have an apple tree in my garden. Good cropper, heavy hard fruit with coarse texture, will keep well into the new year. I pick them [later] when the weather becomes cold as they stay on well and store some in a semi open shed.
Question. Is it pos to identify the type ? if there is a chance, I will go out an do a david bailey on it. thanks.

 

This may not be easy but heres some pics. [photography is not my strongest point]

 

Could be Gala

And also
Shape looks right, description seems to fit and that colour apears to be developing nicely. If so you are a lucky Hans. I love Gala apples!

[ 28. September 2005, 09:17 PM: Message edited by: frogesque ]

 

Thanks Frogesque, these apples don't get much more colour they will cook but not like a Bramley and they taste resonable. Storing is their strong point.

 

http://www.webvalley.co.uk/brogdale/collectionapples.php
hans have a look here.

 

Thanks both, I realise now how difficult it is to pin the type down. I hope with link above something may jog my memory. Holstein, Gabiola or canvada all look promising although I don't recognise the name. I shall have a good look over the next few evenings. Many thanks.

 

hans,

How old is the tree?

Best wishes

Gerald.

 

looks a bit like discovery too

 

The tree is about 10 years old. Always crops well. I'm going to make some wine/ cider with the apples and store some. Ta for the interest.

 

There are loads of apple fests around now,most have apple identification but some also do free juicing of domestic quantities(bit unsure of what exactly that means).Do you have any good reciepes for wine,ours has been high on alcohol and low on taste.

 

hi T H G, Best done early before chlorine has got into header tank.
turn off cold water into house.
3 gall water from hot tap [no chlorine]boiled and cooled. Add 1 large lemon juice and fruit not rind. Mash 40+ lbs With food processor. Add to fermenting tub a quickly as poss to stop the apples turning brown and keep submerged. take gravity reading add sugar to achieve dry or sweet then add the already working yeast. cover with air tight lid with some means of escape for gas.
after 3days strain into djhons and ferment on. should be a nice rich yellow. When the ferment slows to the odd bubble ... Taste [and be careful here because it can become a habit] If it seems too dry add some sugar, 2 oz, and replace airlock. If it takes off again repeat the above until you arrive at a final ferment with the sweetness you require and max alhcohololol.zzzzz

 

Hi, I love apples, particularly ones that keep. The trouble with most English eaters is that they don't keep, delicious straight off trhe tree but often not good from the.shops. Is this one fairly large for an eater [3-4"+] or larger than Gala and Discovery, lots of russet, very hard, quite tart and a good cooker remaing more solid than Bramley? If so I'm trying to identify it too. I know of 2 near me, both old gardens but not prewar plantings, I think. I was wondering about cuttings. Anyone any experience? All I know is that they're supposedly not easy.....
Great recipe, Hans- how long does it take to mash that amount of fruit?

 

Could not agree more Liz the apples straight from the tree are on their own when it comes to taste and of course you can wait until thay are exactly ready. Cox lovely taste munching my way through them.


Apple wine lot one. from first photos.

 

Looks good hans, I used to make my own wine years ago (still got the odd bottle from 1981) but when I tried to get yeast etc. around here last year I couldn't find anyone that sold it anymore. It seems that people dont do that anymore around here.

 

Same here Pete It's a job to get Yeast of a particular type it seems to be a general purpost one and how far it will develop the alcohol is a bit of a guess. My soninlaw [also from Kent now wales] started making grape wine about 3 years ago [large greenhouse]and it has rekindled my interest. Your 1981 stuff should to be pretty potent.