Eddie and I spent an hour in the apple orchard yesterday after lunch picking apples from one tree. They’re huge, sweet/tart, white fruit and beautiful.
We don’t know what kind it is but they have a wonderful taste that is not too sweet but not too tart and they’re crisp. They’re bigger than my hand this year and we picked about two bushel.
The tree is fairly young and still loaded with apples. Unfortunately one main branch broke off due to the weight.
We picked apples and chestnuts yesterday and the deer are really coming after the chestnuts.
Eddie and I peeled two buckets full this morning and I got 28 quarts of apples canned today.
One sack full and two five gallon buckets full.
Peeled, washed and ready to pack in the jars.
We’ll bake them, use them for fried pies, make apple pies, and eat them straight out of the jar.
I peel the apples and slice them. Then I wash them in ice water twice, pack in jars and them pour a light sugar water syrup up to the neck of the jar. I process them in a hot water bath for 20 minutes.
All 28 quarts sealed. When they cool overnight, I’ll take them to the cellar in the morning. Now I just have to figure out what to do with the rest of the bushel I have left.
Aren’t the chestnuts beautiful too!
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