The apple tree

The apple tree was a birthday present 5 years ago and is producing more apples each year. Still quite a small tree, but I'm trying to grow it as an espalier. I don't think they're ready to pick yet, but they're looking good.

[Barb]

Beautiful apples! What variety? And what is an espalier? Not familiar with that term...

[Pat Knowles]

Perfect apples. Are they sweet? We have grown apples before but they were never as lovely as this plus sour! I think we picked wrong variety!

[Judith Johnson]

@happypat I think they will be Pat, but I haven't tried this year's crop yet.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Lovely crop of apples with some ripening to do yet !

[Rob Z]

Lovely shot of these yummy looking apples.

[Julie Ryan]

So summery, great shot

[Michelle]

Juicy looing apples

[Judith Johnson]

@bjywamer Sorry Barb, I can't find the label. An espalier is when you encourage the branches to grow along a fence or wall, and remove any other outward branches. I only have a small garden, so I hope this works.

[Junan Heath]

Beautiful shot!

[KV]

Beautiful fruit. So lovely.

[Barb]

@busylady Thanks for the explanation! :-)

[Oli Lindenskov]

Beautiful 🌞

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Carole Sandford]

A lovely capture of these rosey red apples.

[Sarah Bremner]

How special to have such a special gift flourishing like this. Gorgeous apples.

[Dorothy]

Such beautiful apples! I’m sure they will be as tasty as they look!

[bkb in the city]

Very nice

[Lois]

How wonderful! The gift that keeps on giving!

[eDorre]

Beautiful. What a neat idea.

[Issi Bannerman]

Looking good!

[Dianne]

How lovely.

[Diana]

They look fabulous, I love the way you captured them.

[haskar]

Looks beautiful and healthy.

[Fisher Family]

A beautiful shot of these lovely looking apples!

Ian

[carol white]

They look delicious

[Phil Howcroft]

we have a Bradley apple tree , we saved it for a £1 from the "bargain corner" at Homebase , it is now creating a good crop for us every year ( albeit a whippet keeps trying to steal them )

[Judith Johnson]

@phil_howcroft Well done Phil, always good to snap a bargain plant and watch it blossom

[margonaut]

wow, that's amazing. Have you been feeding it something? My husband planted an apple tree in our backyard before he died and it's just not productive. The peach tree he planted next to it is loaded though. I haven't done anything to them but I feel like I should.

[Judith Johnson]

@margonaut I'm not doing anything at all, but it's been a very wet spring, so I'm sure that helped. Maybe your peach tree is taking all the moisture

[margonaut]

@busylady It was VERY dry here until a couple of weeks ago. The ground actually had cracks in it. I'll have to remember to water the tree if that happens next year and see if it helps.