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Let's harvest some cooking apples.
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Welcome to Gardening with Ben. We're
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going to be harvesting some cooking
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apples today as they are getting massive
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and I keep hearing them drop off. So,
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we're going to get some cooking apples
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off ready for making crumbles with.
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Obviously, they grow well with the
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blackberries out at this time of year.
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So, it's great to pick them. And
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obviously, there's quite a few in
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clumps. So, if we pick them, then the
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others can grow out and get bigger
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themselves. So, let's have a look at our
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cooking apple tree and see what's ready
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This year, my cooking apple tree has
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done absolutely fantastic. It's amazing.
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Obviously, there's quite a few small
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ones still in there, but we're going to
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get some of the bigger ones off so that
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the smaller ones can grow out and get
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bigger. And as you can see, some have
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been dropping on the floor. So, any of
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that are decent, we'll take home as we
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don't want to waste them. Cooking apples
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are expensive in supermarkets, so it's
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an ideal plant to grow. This is a
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Bramley cooking apple tree. It's been in
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20 years now and is welldeveloped and
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this is probably the best crop that I've
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ever had off it as I didn't prune it
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last year, which can stress the tree
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out, but it does need a prune this year.
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So, we might not get as many next year
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down on the plot. So, yeah, let's get
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some harvested and see what results we
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As you can see, there's still loads on
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there, but those ones aren't as big, so
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we're going to let them grow a bit
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bigger before we harvest them. But let's
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have a look at our results and see what
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we've got harvested. Now, we've got a
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bucket full there. Imagine buying them
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from the supermarket, how much they
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would cost. Absolutely extortionate.
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Someone told me the other day that
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supermarkets and shops haven't got many
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in at the moment, so they are pretty
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rare. So, I could make a fortune selling
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these, but we can't sell them,
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unfortunately. But, yeah, they are going
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to be used for apple crumbles and for
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pies. So, I look forward to tasting
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So, yeah, we have got loads harvested
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from down at the a lotment. Absolutely
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amazing. I'm looking forward to when it
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gets to winter so that I can prune the
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tree back because I'm struggling to get
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on my plot at the moment. It's taken
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over so much. But, we're going to let it
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finish fruiting before we do chop it all
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back. and give it a good old prune ready
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