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okwithmydecay@leminal.space to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months ago

Somerset cider makers left with very few apples after heatwaves

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Somerset cider makers left with very few apples after heatwaves

www.bbc.co.uk

okwithmydecay@leminal.space to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months ago
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Some orchards are harvesting just a 10th of their usual crop, and facing an uncertain future.
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  • wewbull@feddit.uk
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    Drove past some orchards yesterday in Somerset/ Devon. The ground is red with fallen apples. Rivers of them between the trees.

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    1/4 of a century ago I went to a Somerset cider farm. It had apple trees and a big apple press and great cider for tasting. Out the back though they had hundreds of drums of apple juice concentrate made in Israel.

    • okwithmydecay@leminal.spaceOP
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      Do you have a source to back up this claim?

      • mannycalavera@feddit.uk
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        Saw it with her own eyes 😂.

        Nah. She’s making it up.

      • mertn@lemmy.world
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        Only my eyes.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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        Yeah this claim is totally unbelievable.

        No one goes to Somerset.

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    This shit just got real

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    I don’t know what she’s talking about, I’ve got hundreds of apples from my two trees. They always produce loads of apples but this year has been insane.

    • 𝕮𝕬𝕭𝕭𝕬𝕲𝕰@feddit.uk
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      Are the apples good? My plum tree has gone nuts too but its a) watered which a lot of orchards won’t be, and b) almost all the fruit is absolute shit or eaten to buggery.

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    I live in Somerset and have three apple trees which are all absolutely laden with apples…

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    My favorite brand is Dixon

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    Good thing they are cider makers not apple growers

    • 𝕮𝕬𝕭𝕭𝕬𝕲𝕰@feddit.uk
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      Where do you think the cider presses get their apples?

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        2 months ago

        Walmart

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