#wild apples

[marcherren]

Autumn pleasures: wild apples

[yellowmanula]

From the apples of this wild tree, my Dad and I made 30 liters of wine. Some have already tasted it and claim it's excellent (sic!)

[freshtendril]

Foraging Wild Apples

I'm astounded by the variety of colors, shapes, and flavors of wild apples. There are some that are ruby skinned, and some with pale green, more blushed in pinks, and others in ruddy yellows. They can be clean skinned or russeted, rough to the touch, or smooth. Some are with reticulated reds and streaks, and apples of rounded shapes, and some that are more like donuts with deeply indented stem and bloom ends. There are some that are small, crabapple-sized and cherry like in form. They each taste differently. There are flavors of tart, bracing sour, sweet, mild, and richness in flavor and fragrance, while a few with more musty and earthy notes. Others are bitter, sharp, and strong. Those can be my favorite as they are complex in flavor.

They have hybridized, outcrossed, and bred among other trees in a public open space, spread by the mobility of feet, wings, and paws of many people and animals over countless years with hungry mouths eating a fresh apple on the trail. Were they seeded by old apple cores left behind by the sum of the many creatures of the past? And so then which original cherished varieties? It is unknown to history.

They are easy to collect. These pomes are juiced and blended together to make the most wonderful, freshly made cider.

I love fall and its diverse bounty, especially among the wild apples.

[mushroommemoirs]

These crabapples where picked from an elevation of 3,000 feet. These where the most delicious succulent apples of this kind that I have ever tasted, didn’t turn my stomach and had no bitter taste whatsoever

[pentecostwaite]

Obsessed with the myriad forms and colors of wild apples in Maine. We found a roadside tree produces the loveliest diminutive striped fruits.

[perkamperin]

West Coast Apples

[closetpoesieii]

“A week or two later, as you are going, by orchards or gardens, especially in the evenings, you pass through a little region possessed by the fragrance of ripe apples...” -- Henry David Thoreau, “Wild Apples”

[autumncottageattic]

ko_lo_man

My favorite crabapple fruits (or Chinese apples)🥰 they’re so beautiful🍁