we've just moved into a new house and are the lucky owners of a very tall cooking apple tree... I'm assuming its a bramley apple tree but I'm no expert! Others have confirmed this (asking everyone that comes over to visit!)
Given that I'm use to buying shop bought cooking apples which are large and "perfect"... I'm wondering if the smaller cooking apples are okay to eat? I.e are they just as ready as they large ones that fall or have they prematurely fallen ( ive also observing that magpies like to knock a few small ones down! Never realised how mischievous magpies were!)
the tree is very tall and I can't reach any branches to pick any apples so I have to wait until they have fell. The tree is about 12ft tall. It's been produces large and smaller apples.
hope you can help I've a large stock of sizes waiting to be made into a pie!