Scotty left Batlow at 3.30am with the first organic apples of the season. Yay!! The heirloom varieties were rationed to 3 or 4 per person. Some will be dehydrated.

@sister_ratched I've got a Cox's Orange Pippin in my backyard, espaliered against the fence, but haven't yet succeeded in keeping the possums at bay. Some years I get one or two apples but most years the possums get the lot. I'm going to have to build a cage around the tree.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox%27s_Orange_Pippin

Cox's Orange Pippin - Wikipedia

@smitjo Ooh!! But bloody possums, grrrrr!!
@sister_ratched I put in a 'Flower of Kent' last year. It's the apple that is credited with prompting Isaac Newton's ideas. It'll be a few more years before it becomes a reliable fruiter. It's a cooking apple.
@smitjo Oh how exciting. You are very adventurous!