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Southern California Anna Apple is Ripe!
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Posted by
desertdance So CA Zone 9b (
My Page) on
Tue, Jun 3, 14 at 19:55
| Wow. Early year. The red ones are mushy, and the birds are not actually getting it. Birds wait for red. The Anna is perfect with a touch of yellow and red, and green on the other side. We harvested a few today, and more in a couple days. 
Suzi |
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RE: Southern California Anna Apple is Ripe!
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| That is one funky looking apple! I planted one last year. Hope to get some in a couple more years. |
RE: Southern California Anna Apple is Ripe!
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- Posted by mrclint z10SoCal Valley (My Page) on
Tue, Jun 3, 14 at 22:42
| Those apples look dang good to me. Backyard orchard fruit doesn't have to win ribbons at the county fair or meet market expectations. Do tell how they taste and what you plan to do with them. |
RE: Southern California Anna Apple is Ripe!
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| They have a crisp texture and a sweet/acid flavor. Amazing apple. They stand up well to eating fresh and pies or cobblers. I usually make a huge bunch of pie filling, freeze it in the shape of the crusts, drop them in, and apple pie!! Suzi |
RE: Southern California Anna Apple is Ripe!
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| What you saw in that photo was day one of harvest. It will continue for many more weeks. The birds only peck if the apples go red, but if they do, mush. Suzi |
RE: Southern California Anna Apple is Ripe!
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| Lucky you! Daily, I find Anna apples on the ground from where the squirrels have dropped them and the other apples have worms :-( I don't spray, and haven't gotten into trapping. . |
RE: Southern California Anna Apple is Ripe!
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| Johnthecook, when Anna's aren't cross-pollinated, they appear oblong like that. When cross-pollinated with a variety like Golden Dorsett or Tropic Sweet, they tend to have a more regular appearance. |
RE: Southern California Anna Apple is Ripe!
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| Then mine will look like that cause I have neither apple. It will make no difference too me as long as they taste good. The tree was only like 12 bucks at tractor supply last year inside the building and quite small with very little root structure. So I'm happy that it survived a tough winter and looks healthy with a little growth. |
RE: Southern California Anna Apple is Ripe!
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| Interesting about that funky shape caused by self polination. We are happy with our funky apples, so we put another Anna apple in about 1 acre away (protection from fire blight) from the current one. The original one is old, and shows signs of fire blight, but we have done our best to remove all that wood, and it seems to have recovered well. There was a neglected 4 variety apple here when we bought this place, but it had serious fire blight and had to be removed. We haven't sprayed, but so far no worms. I just bought some lard. Lard makes the best pie crusts, and I plan to melt it in 1/2 cups, pour it on parchment, freeze it hard, break it up for easy cutting into the flour. A lard crust is the one that melts in your mouth. Nothing tough about it. |
RE: Southern California Anna Apple is Ripe!
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| Lard crusts are good, but I fine that coconut oil is even better. Adds some taste. In really warm climates, you may need to cool the coconut oil to get it solid before you use it. |
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