The Cottage Smallholder

Anyone wishing to identify an apple should look on the Internet for a local "apple identification day" probably not the right name but most areas will have one. In Lincolnshire there is a biannual one at Wragby. As there is literally thousands of different varieties this is the best way of finding out But not all are identifiable i.e. names have been lost in the mists of time. Some I am told are as local as being peculiar to a village? Also take into account a lot of apples will look identical to us amateurs I for instance did not notice for years that mixed in with a bramley orchard (4 trees) was a blenum Orange. A duel purpose apple, which is a cooker at the start and becomes an eater later in the year. JB