The season for early eating apples runs from early August to mid September. Early varieties tend not to keep well and are best eaten straight from the tree.
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The season eating apples are varieties which ripen from mid September until mid October. These will keep for a limited time, usually not beyond late November.
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Late season apples are ones which ripen from mid October onwards. These are usually the best keepers and some can be stored right through the winter. Some even need to be stored for a while before being eaten for best flavour. The slow prolonged ripening process late varieties undergo gives them some of the finest and most complex flavours.
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All apples can be used for cooking. But some varieties are specifically selected for cooking. Some are quite acid and cook into a fluff while sweeter cooking apples tend to keep their shape when cooked.
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Cider can be made from any apple juice and is often made from a mixture of juices of different kinds of apple. Cider apples have a high tannin content which improves the quality of the cider but gives them a bitter taste which means that they cannot be used for other purposes.
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Self-fertile and partially self-fertile apple varieties do not require cross pollination from another apple variety to fertilise their flowers and produce fruit. They can be grown on their own. They may however benefit from cross pollination.
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Crab apples trees produce abundant blossom over a long period. As a result they are often planted for their ornamental value or as pollinators. The fruit is small and usually very sharp. Crab apples produce excellent jelly because of their acidity and high pectin content.
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