Ceci n’est pas une pomme (It’s actually a baozi -sweet white flour bun with golden custard filling - figured it was apples and honey season)

Enjoy the diversity of red-fleshed #Apples in a slide show! Someone mentioned to me during the coffee break today that one has to be careful when using the word "diversity" these days! Interesting times…

Cœur de Bœf is a French apple which might be a descendant of De Rouviau, an apple which featured in chants of Paris fruit sellers in C13 (Leroy 1873). Ready for harvest between October and November. #heritageorchard

Ripon Walled Garden today, the borders are part of the developments made by Ripon Evolve students over the past few years, as part of their practical horticulture skills course. It’s Apple Day at the Walled Garden on Saturday 4th October, a good excuse for a visit.

One for @orchardnotes.com It's packed on a bit of weight now Darren. Still not ready though. An #allotment Apple 🌱

These are not plums, they are apples! These are red-fleshed Robert’s Crab apples. They are crispy, tart & aromatic.

This Bramley has watercore. The flesh goes translucent and is very sweet and watery...not what you usually associate with a Bramley! We wouldn't generally want this in the UK but in places such as Japan, they market this as special. Particularly with their Fuji apples.

Figs everyday... 😋

Where You’ll Find Me Now. Brett reflects on mental health and community support, cider podcasts and his connection to Scotland’s Æble Cider Shop, chatting with its founders about their cider club box.

Code Pink apple... From a scion grafted this year! Good apple, high brix and plenty of acidity. The sweetness stays on mouth. On next years will improve for sure.

Sun dried pears! In early summer a branch of my Conference pear laden with small fruit snapped off. I collected the fruit in a bucket & popped them in a sunny spot out of the rain & completely forgot about them. Rather than rot, the hot dry summer has given me tiny dried pear decorations ✨️🍐

Mood: capfuls, hatfuls, three bushel baskets, little heaps under the stairs. 🍎🍏🍎🍏

Moderate amount of small-but-perfectly ripe (and potentially slightly bruised) Louise Bonne of Avranches pears, most of which auto-picked during last week's high winds.

Apple 'Herefordshire Russet'. A modern take on a classic style, raised in the 1970s and not introduced until 2003. I do love a russet and this small, 6-7 yr old tree has had its best year yet, with a really good crop. I'm really looking forward to them ripening fully in a week or two.

Apple 'Rajka'. A modern Czech variety, possessing "a combination of the sweetness of Golden Delicious with the juicy acidity of James Grieve" (orangepippin.com) this is the first year that our cordon tree has produced a crop, so I'm looking forward to finding out if they live up to their billing.

Apple 'Winter Gem'. A very flavourful, late-ripening variety. Raised in the 1970s, introduced in the 1990s. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this one when I first tried it last year, so I'm looking forward to this year's crop of a dozen or so from our cordon tree.

Apple 'Duke of Devonshire'. According to the NFC database, this was raised in 1835 by Wilson, gardener to the Duke of Devonshire at Holker Hall, Lancashire (who obviously wasn't above sucking up to his boss). Another 3-4 weeks before this one ripens.

Apple 'Delbard Jubile'. Possibly. Originally supplied as 'Greensleeves', but definitely not right. Supplier's list also included 'Jubilee'. Which could be a 'Jubillee' (Canadian) or 'Delbard Jubile', a.k.a. 'Delbard Jubilée' (French). These fruits are a pretty good match for the latter.

Apple 'Pitmaston Pine Apple'. Small, russety yellow, packed with flavour. Only a few this year on a 2 yr old cordon tree, but I'm looking forward to bumper crops to come (fingers crossed).

Apple 'Belle de Boskoop', with additional interesting-looking warty bits. Possible caused by an insect, possibly by hail damage earlier in the season (?), but either way I'm not at all bothered, I'll just slice 'em off and enjoy a meal in an apple.

Apple 'Kidd's Orange Red'. Sweet, crunchy, juicy, good flavour. Not my tree, so I haven't had the pleasure of enjoying this one this year, but I do have a cordon coming along nicely, so hopefully in a year or two.

Blackberry diversity at Swaddywell NR, a wonderfully rich reserve managed by Langdyke Countryside Trust and located in John Clare's home parish of Helpston, Cambridgeshire... www.theguardian.com/environment/... #johnclarecountryside

Autumn: season of mists, mellow fruitfulness and brown food! Apple and quince brown sugar cake with hazelnut and cinnamon crumble topping www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/baking-tins/...

A spicy ring of ginger cake, poached rhubarb and rhubarb fool makde for a very tasty dessert. Naturally non-stick savarin ring www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/baking-tins/...

In England most apple producing counties have their own version of the cake. The Dorset version is a particularly moist and delicious one. You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/... #britishfood #foodhistory #baking #recipe #cakes #apples

Esopus Spitzenburg apples

You have until Friday to enter the worlds best and largest international perry competition!

Best way to pour bubbles? Infrared imaging shows pouring into a tilted glass flute has significantly less impact on the dissolved CO2. Pouring a sparkling wine straight down a flute produces turbulence and traps air bubbles, both of which force dissolved CO2 to escape more rapidly from the wine.

Fancy turning apple pulp into nutritious soil improver? Read our latest blog about how to make your own #bokashi: www.theorchardproject.org.uk/blog/bokashi... #CommunityOrchards #Composting

Lord Derby cooking apple. Raised in Stockport, 1862. Productive and trouble free in my experience. @orchardnotes.com

Apple 'Reverend W. Wilks'. Just the two apples this year from a very small tree. Not a variety I'm familiar with, but it's meant to be a good cooker, so I might bake these two, see how they turn out.

These apples are growing on an unlabelled tree, in a part of the orchard that we don't seem to have any records for on the server at work. But I'm 99% sure, based on the flattened shape of the fruit, that these are 'Court Pendu Plat.' Can anyone confirm / deny / suggest an alternative?

Apple 'Keswick Codlin'. Perfectly ripe, and with that lemony, sherbety flavour that they have in a good year. Picked a few dozen yesterday, a good few dozen more left on the tree.

Folks, we have an early contender for 'Champion Apple 2025'. This is a 'Withington Welter' from one of the two trees at work, weighing in at an impressive 704g. Not too shabby...

one more week to get those perry entries in!

whilst we're here the programme for CraftCon 2026 is almost finalised and trust me when I say you're not going to want to miss this - tickets now on sale!

Some of our heritage fruit varieties. I love picking over these trees and seeing all the colours and differences. It's a happy picking bucket!

Some of the results of the last couple of days' apple picking efforts at work. Left: 'Ribston Pippin' and 'Lord Suffield', Right: 'James Grieve' and 'Withington Welter'. Also picked a whole tray of 'Keswick Codlin'. I absolutely love this time of year 😍

Picked a few dozen 'Withington Welter' apples today. Massive tree, big tripod ladder, still couldn't reach some of the best specimens, right at the top of the canopy. These beauties were within reach though. Huge apples, superb cooker, highly recommended.

Gage 'Golden Transparent'. Meant to be ripening round about now, but the weather has taken a turn for the cooler and the sugars haven't fully developed yet. At least, the ones I tasted today were a bit on the bland and under-ripe side. I'll come back in a week, see how they're doing.

Pear 'Durondeau', an old Belgian variety, raised in the early C19th, named for the breeder. Growing on an east-facing wall at work, still quite firm and a fair way from ripening, despite reddening up already.

Spotted this blossom cluster on our 'Devonshire Quarrenden' apple tree on the allotment this morning. Either a bit too late, or a bit too early...

Folks, we have an early contender for 'Champion Apple 2025'. This is a 'Withington Welter' from one of the two trees at work, weighing in at an impressive 704g. Not too shabby...

Apple 'Keswick Codlin'. Perfectly ripe, and with that lemony, sherbety flavour that they have in a good year. Picked a few dozen yesterday, a good few dozen more left on the tree.

These apples are growing on an unlabelled tree, in a part of the orchard that we don't seem to have any records for on the server at work. But I'm 99% sure, based on the flattened shape of the fruit, that these are 'Court Pendu Plat.' Can anyone confirm / deny / suggest an alternative?

Apple 'Reverend W. Wilks'. Just the two apples this year from a very small tree. Not a variety I'm familiar with, but it's meant to be a good cooker, so I might bake these two, see how they turn out.

Pear 'Williams' Bon Chretien'. Tasty when slightly crunchy, even tastier when they've been left to ripen fully.

Some pics from this seasons Rockingham Forest Cider Pomona. I thought this year was going to be enough of an ‘off year’ to not make it worth squirting up the press, but I was wrong, although there’s a lot of early fallers. See alt.txt for varieties. #Cider #Orchards #Apples

Good morning. I have stereo vision again, which is nice. There are absolutely tons of hops growing wild in this hedgerow. I don’t brew as often as I used to, but I’m thinking a wild fermented, wild hopped cider might be nice.

Snack like 1615: One sweet apple (chopped), 2 eggs, sugar, ginger, nutmeg, rosewater: mix together and fry like an egg. Sprinkle orange juice on top: Voila! Refreshing Indian summer #Stuart snack!