Friday, October 20, 2017

Why I Don't Eat Wild Apples

If you only looked at the picture above so far then what you are seeing is an apple tree by the side of an old country road. You may be able to tell by looking at this picture that the tree is just full of green apples. Normally that would mean that it's full of free snacks and pies for the owner of that tree. But there's a reason that isn't true.

I have to say that I do like free apples, and I do like the green ones, but sometimes there is just a good reason not to eat them. Maybe you know that reason. But if you don't then let's scroll down to the page just a little further to find out.

Here's a closer look at those formerly luscious apples. Now they don't look quite as good, do they? This shows the reason why I rarely eat wild apples. Most of the time they are rotten or full of worms. They might be good to give to the cows though.

I will say that every once-in-a-while you can find good wild apples. I had three good apple trees in my yard when I was a kid. The apples were sour, but they were very good. And they made excellent objects to throw at the other kids. I'll talk to you later.

11 comments:

  1. In Florida, we say never eat the yellow snow...never.

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  2. I find some apples gone wild are good. Any my trees never have any care. I just cut out the wormy parts.

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  3. We had 3 apple trees in our yard when we moved here and the apples were always buggy. We tried spraying once, but that was a mess and the apples were not that good regardless. Gotta watch out for worms and bees!

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  4. We had beautiful apples on our tree this year. Great to look at, but taste and texture left much to be desired. :(

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  5. Ewwww! Non-buggy apples are pretty hard to come by, I guess.

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  6. We don't eat wild apples here either, Ratty!

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  7. I used to like green apples but I'll pass on buggy, wormy apples

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  8. I do not have apple trees in my mini garden.

    Instead, I have 2 passion fruit plants. Very delicious.

    Talk to you later.

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  9. If you live off the grid, these apples will come in handy for both human and animal consumption! I am sure we will save the good ones for ourselves :-)

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  10. When we lived on the Lake here in Oregon we were very near an old abandoned apple orchard. They first year I tried picking some, but never again. Too much trouble for too little yield because of just what you showed. It's interesting how they keep on bearing fruit though without any attention whatsoever.

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