You’d think a fruit tree, like our Bramley apple, would hang on to as much of its crop as possible, but around June each year, it gets brutal.
It is that time of year again
When apples start to drop
From trees that seem determined
To devastate their crop.
Along each branch, within each cluster
Without the slightest sound,
The strongest send the weakest apples
Tumbling to the ground.
It’s wasteful Nature yet again –
Or is it? Maybe not,
For what’s left on the tree are just
The biggest of the lot!
They taste delicious in a crumble,
Or cored and used for baking.
And all those drop-offs? They’ll end up
As compost in the making.
See also Bramleys