Eating apples looking good!
By Colmuc
@Colmuc (707)
June 15, 2009 7:41am CST
The apples on my James Grieve tree are growing well. They should be ripe by end of August or early September. The picture shows just one small bunch. This is repeated all over the tree several hundred times. I may have to prop up the branches to stop them breaking under the weight when the apples are full size. Before they are ripe I will pick a few every time I have the barbecue going. They grill really well but need to be watched carefully so that they do not get too soft. This variety has to be used immediately it is ripe. I hope everybody's garden is going as well as mine. Any particular successes or disappointments so far this year?
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@SusanLee (1920)
• United States
15 Jun 09
I enlarged the picture of your apples, man they look so cool and refreshing. I live in the south and it's really hot and humid here right now.
My husband and his family have a very large garden across the street. The corn and field peas (I'm not a big pea fan) are doing great, the tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, not so much. The squash is doing pretty good too. I don't know what all they have planted down there. Butter beans, Ford Hooks etc.
I wish my husband would stay out of the thing, he can't go down there and weed a little while, no he has to come back with buckets and buckets of stuff that has to be put up RIGHT NOW.
Last year I put up a lot of stewed tomatoes with our bell pepper and onions and tomatoes. They were so good.
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@Colmuc (707)
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15 Jun 09
Hi SusanLee, Yes a garden is a lot of work. You have to prepare it, plant it, maintain it, harvest it and then cook or preserve the results. I still think it is worth it and love the fresh produce that I grow. Does your husband grow parsnips?. They are my favourite vegetable.
of course I did.
and the empty packs set there showing me what and where I planred but nada. @hanah87 (1835)
• Malaysia
17 Jun 09
Wow,really cool and sounds great!It is cool to have your own fruits plant.I have one at my house and my parent and me plant a durian,rambutan and coconut plant.We also get their fruits every year and happy eat the fruuits together.Eat apple is one of my favourite fruits.But i cant plant it because it is not suitable to plant apple at my country's season.I always buy apple because it taste delicious and have many benefits.
@kalaga (547)
• United States
17 Jun 09
Ooooooh...i wish i have an apple tree.your photo looks so crisp,crunchy...oh i think iam talking about the apples in the picture.it is soo good.just one small bunch...boy how many apples do u get from one tree.i will try to plant one next year.but i heard different stories about they will take lot of time to give fruits and all.but your tree looks really good.
@Colmuc (707)
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17 Jun 09
Hi kalaga, this is a tree about 30 years old and this year it has a much heavier than usual crop. Several hundred apples have already fallen off but this is a natural thinning out so the remaining ones can mature. It is possible today to buy apple trees that will start producing within 2 years. Check with your local nursery.
