Apple help please

lucylema

I have an apple tree in my garden and its got loads of apples on it. However, how will i know when they are ok to eat?

I have cut one up and have noticed that the pips are white - should i wait until they go black?

wallbash

Yes ..... that's all i wanted to post , but forum rules restrict me !
Could ask you the Variety , I suppose.

lucylema

thanks wallbash

They have started to fall off the tree!

I have no idea what variety they are - the previous owners didn't tell me

wallbash

There is a phenomenal called 'wrongly' the June drop. Mine always occurs in July!!
When a lot of apples are 'discarded ' by the tree. Nothing wrong.

roosterpotatoes

So how do you know when they are ready???

Lotus-eater

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/6060501/Time-to-harvest-your-apples.html

lucylema

thanks for the replies. The apples do seem to come off in my hand quite easily.

the apples are green and i have eaten one and it seemed ok but then again, i love sour apples. I shall post a pic of the tree and apple/inside apple shortly

Farway

Some apples improve with keeping, but if yours come easily off the tree now I guess they are a really early variety, and these rarely improve with storing

I have an early unknown variety, [thanks Keydell Nursery, should've been Golden Delicious], it is lovely for a few days, then goes over quite quickly

Not ready yet though, so OPs must be a very early one

wallbash

have noticed that the pips are white

Is there a early apple with pips that are white ?

wallbash

This OP does not trust us :rotfl:
I put apple white pips into google

Guess who has been posting on other forums

http://www.wildfood.info/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1081

Waterlily24

Farway wrote: »

Some apples improve with keeping, but if yours come easily off the tree now I guess they are a really early variety, and these rarely improve with storing

I have an early unknown variety, [thanks Keydell Nursery, should've been Golden Delicious], it is lovely for a few days, then goes over quite quickly

Not ready yet though, so OPs must be a very early one

Oooh that brings back some memories!;)