An apple by any other name.

Yesterday there was an apple on the ground. After sampling it we decided that it was ripe, so we picked some more.
I think this tree is ready to go. It seems early to me. I thought I'd have to wait a few more weeks. I don't know which one this is. I did write down the 5 varieties we planted 2 years ago, but that was before we moved, and the book is still packed in a box somewhere. It could be a Cortland. I know one of them was.

 

I'm not sure we have enough that any will last for a pie. They sure taste good straight off the tree.

 

The tree is not very tall and the echinacea have grown right up into it. The tree was growing hard against a building, almost naturally espaliered against the wall with only a little pruning. But the weight of the apples and a few hard rainfalls seem to have given it a list away from the wall. We may have to anchor it back to the wall somehow.

I'm hoping the deer don't find the tree before we've finished harvesting.