Andy harvested most of the Cortland apples last Sunday. Here’s picture of most of them, with the good sides showing.
They were small because they had a rough spring, with the weather changing from cold to warm to cold…. And they got beat up by the hail.
Here are pictures of the one Gravenstein apple Andy picked early last month.
Good side:
Hail-damaged side:
Andy has since bought nets to protect the trees from hail, but the fluctuating temperatures are in the hands of the gods. We will just have to see what happens next year.
October 15 2021
ohmygosh!
just proof we should always show our good side! XOXO
There’s a big difference, isn’t there. 😀
LOL Tammy!!!
And never come in direct contact with HAIL….
Amen to that! 😀
good grief! a Jeckyll and Hyde apple. Well, they say that smaller fruits have more flavor.
The difference is funny. 🙂
What a difference. That apple looks perfect from the good side.
Yes. 🙂
I had no idea that apples had a good side for the camera, just like humans. I am thinking they are still good for cooking, just cut off the bad spots.. all the storms with wind and hail and inches of rain destroy our food supply each time they happen. glad you saved these.
I cooked the good parts.
Whoa! Not sure if this sort of thing floats your boat, but I remember my mother taking damaged fruit and making applesauce. Come to think of it, I still have her wooden masher.
I made an apple dessert out of the good parts.
Oh, Cortlands make wonderful apple crisps!
Cortland apples are our favorites. We can’t get them here, but we got them from Cornell Orchards when we lived in Ithaca.