Record the Day ~ 18th July 2013

The Discovery apples are coming along nicely, an early English variety that is usually ready for picking in August.

 Wild plums, they tend to be ready before the cultivated varieties.

Bramley apples swelling nicely and look what else we've got

Brambles!

Which means that we can look forward to blackberry and apple pie.

Nice to see the bee gathering pollen there as we all know they have been having a tough time of it these past few years.

Other Record the Day posts:

April 18th

April 28th

May 27th

Discovery Apple Blossom ~ Blossom Walk

Presenting The Orchard Year 's virtual blossom tour:
Our own little Blossom Walk through an orchard, starting with an early apple the Discovery.

The Discovery apple was "discovered" in the 1940's in Langham, Essex by a fruit farm worker who had planted some Worcester Pearmain pips in his garden and as such is a cultivar of the Worcester Permain.

It's an early fruiting apple, one of the first English varieties, often available as early as August and as such can be a little acidic in taste with a hint of strawberry. Sometimes the Discovery apple's flesh is tinted pink.

Discovery is a fairly disease resistant apple and being quite easy to grow makes a good apple tree for the garden.

 Join The Orchard Year 's virtual Blossom Walk:
Gala Apple Blossom

Maytime is Blossom Time

 Apple blossom so fleeting - one minute it's buds

 the next full blossom

and then the petals start to fall...