Our beautiful spring blossoms have become slightly gnarly apples.
Nothing personal, but they’re just not that pretty
The tree appears to be pretty ancient and wild, so I didn’t have high hopes for its fruit. Especially when they turned out all lumpy and dimpled.
However, being the selfless individual that I am, I did pick one for a taste test to satisfy your curiosity.
First bite of my gnarly apple fresh off the tree
Surprisingly, it was really good. Nice and crisp and sweet. The dimples were just dimples and despite the apple’s appearance the taste did not suffer.
The expression on my face is not reflective of the taste of the apple. I think I was still giving photography instructions to Matt at this point. I’m starting to realize why there aren’t more photos of me on this blog. And yes, I did cut my hair, and yes, I am looking exhausted. I think this drywall blitz is starting to wear me out.
Has anyone else gone apple picking yet this fall? What’s your favourite kind?
There are not many things better than a freshly picked apple. I find that the store bought “pretty” apples are rather lacking in flavor. My parents have a small apple orchard that was there when they bought their house 40+ years ago and the gravenstein apples from those trees are amazing (even if their appearance is far from stellar). I love going there during apple season with my two boys and picking the apples.
Your description under that photo of you had me laughing! 🙂
Gravenstein apples are hard to find in our area these days. Most of the orchards have taken out their trees in favour of other varieties. I’m hoping to have my own little orchard some day, hopefully including a gravenstein!
Our apple tree didn’t produce this year, so I will have to buy some this year.
That’s too bad, Heidi. Will you be able to get some apples at a local orchard?
Yes – there is one just a few kms away. I’ll be visiting soon.
My parents used to absolutely love gravensteins. They grew up in Nova Scotia where they were fairly common. So we used to hunt around every fall to try and find some for them. We never did in Alberta, but were successful a couple of times in BC.
My parents love gravensteins too. They were hard to find around here awhile ago, but now our local orchard has several gravenstein trees.