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13 Oct 07 - 05:34 AM (#2170144) Subject: BS: Apples on the Trackside From: GUEST,Sapper on the TRU, still on the Chilter Line One thing very noticable on the trackside at this time of year are the number of apple trees, usually well laden with fruit. Nearly always originating from apple cores slung in the trackside by long ago platelayers, amongst the odd few I've had the chance to sample have been some supurb varieties. I wonder how many are actual recognised varieties and how many are not? |
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13 Oct 07 - 05:44 AM (#2170150) Subject: RE: BS: Apples on the Trackside From: John MacKenzie I noticed quite a few beside the M1 last year about this time too. I wished I could stop and harvest some. G |
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13 Oct 07 - 07:47 AM (#2170188) Subject: RE: BS: Apples on the Trackside From: Liz the Squeak The overland section of the Central line between Noth Acton and Greenford has an amazing number of apple trees along it - often wish I could get out and bag a couple of pounds... Apple cores were the one piece of rubbish my granfer would allow us to throw in the verges or hedgerows, everything else had to be taken home and disposed of, but applecores were alright. We had many minutes of fun lobbing them out of the back of the van or off the tractor, into the hedges. LTS |
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13 Oct 07 - 08:28 AM (#2170220) Subject: RE: BS: Apples on the Trackside From: maeve Any of the apple trees you see that are grown from seed will definately not be named varieties, for each seed grows a new variety. You'd only get one of the named apple varieties if someone grafted scions from a known variety, whether the original seed-grown tree or another grafted from the original tree. Having said that, those seeded trees can be amazing new apple varieties in their own right. Here in the eastern States we've had an amazing fruiting year, as well! I'd say it is the best in 20 years. We have been harvesting apples from ancient grafted trees as well as seed-grown trees. Even Sinsull's trees (here in Maine) were full, and she kindly offered them to me for our cider press. A neighbor has offered his old Ramsdell Sweet tree for "adoption" as well. maeve |
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14 Oct 07 - 07:12 AM (#2170791) Subject: RE: BS: Apples on the Trackside From: maeve If it wouldn't be an annoying drift from the original poster's intent, I'd love to know what apple varieties you remember from years ago, as well as your favorites today. I'm happy to start a new thread for that purpose, if you'd rather. maeve, preparing to try out our enormous cider press |
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15 Oct 07 - 12:13 AM (#2171297) Subject: RE: BS: Apples on the Trackside From: open mike wow a cider press! will you do scrumpy? here we have a good year too. i just canned a batch (*7 quarts) and got the apples from 4 different trees. red, gold, green and yellow. a rainbow of apples! i should have made seperate batches and layered them into the jars for a special effect, but was lucky just to get them into jars. we have a town near here that celebrates Johnny Appleseed days but i do not think they give full credit that the seeds he sowed came from Cider presses--and i believe it was HARD cider that they were making. John Chapman was a legendary early American. http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradise/appleday.html http://www.angelfire.com/il2/geneology/johnnyappleseed.html |
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18 Oct 07 - 12:22 PM (#2173713) Subject: RE: BS: Apples on the Trackside From: maeve Apple Day in Maine and England is this Saturday! |
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18 Oct 07 - 07:39 PM (#2174075) Subject: RE: BS: Apples on the Trackside From: Donuel My apple tree was done making fruit back in July but the crab apple lasted until September. |
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18 Oct 07 - 11:46 PM (#2174186) Subject: RE: BS: Apples on the Trackside From: Bill D Went to an old farm turned into a historic museum in Southern Virginia last weekend, and watched them making apple butter the old way. The problem was finding enough apples for the demo, as it has been way too dry this year. |
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22 Oct 07 - 03:23 PM (#2176709) Subject: RE: BS: Apples on the Trackside From: dulcimer42 When I was a kid in Michigan, I loved what we called "Snow" apples. I remember their thin skin and their bright white insides, with a trace of pink running through the white. I have never seen them here in Indiana. |
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23 Oct 07 - 01:14 AM (#2177008) Subject: RE: BS: Apples on the Trackside From: Dave'sWife This thread reminded me that there is a historical tree organization here in the USA that sells seedling that have been grown either from seeds or from cuttings of famous trees. You can get an apple tree that is the offspring of some of the Johnny Appleseed Apple Orchard trees as well as seedlings grown from cuttings of famous trees from Civil War battlefields, from Presidential homesteads or from trees associated with other historical persons. The trees run about $30 each and make for unusual wedding presents or gifts to people who have just had a child or purchased a new home. We sent a Gettysburg battlefield tree to some friends of ours once and they loved it. |
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23 Oct 07 - 01:25 AM (#2177011) Subject: RE: BS: Apples on the Trackside From: Dave'sWife Here it is: Johnny Appleseed Apple Tree >>Johnny Appleseed was born John Chapman and was a very industrious man, planting millions of apple trees during his lifetime. His work was important to the new settlers moving West after the American Revolution - apples were a vital staple to many families. The last known living apple tree planted by Johnny still grows on an old farm in Nova, Ohio . The farm dates back to an original Land Grant signed by John Quincy Adams in 1837. We take soft bud cuttings from the tree, graft them to apple root stock and offer you the opportunity to sink your teeth into a piece of American history! << You can even request a catalog: HistoricTrees.Org |
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23 Oct 07 - 01:41 AM (#2177016) Subject: RE: BS: Apples on the Trackside From: mrdux are you referring to American Forests Historic Tree Co.? they're an environmental non-profit org. the website is definitely worth a visit. |
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23 Oct 07 - 01:56 AM (#2177019) Subject: RE: BS: Apples on the Trackside From: Dave'sWife Yes Mrdux - my link should take you there |
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23 Oct 07 - 02:04 AM (#2177021) Subject: RE: BS: Apples on the Trackside From: mrdux thanks (we must have cross posted there). |
